§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) what provisions(a) Royal Mail (Letters), (b) Royal Mail (Parcels) and (c) Post Office (Counters) make to accommodate safely registered disabled persons in workplaces; and if there are safe areas of work specifically reserved for their disabled employees;
(2) how many people who are profoundly deaf are currently employed by Royal Mail (Letters) within the grade of postman/postwoman;
(3) what is the number of people employed by the Royal Mail (Letters) on permanent sorting duties whose normal mobility is restricted by having to use a wheelchair;
(4) what is the number of people currently employed by the Post Office within (a) Royal Mail (Letters), (b) Royal Mail (Parcels) and (c) Post Office (Counters);
(5) what is the number of people currently employed by the Post office within (a) Royal Mail (Letters), (b) Royal Mail (Parcels) and (c) Post Office (Counters) who are registered as disabled within the terms of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Acts 1944 and 1958;
(6) what numbers of people employed by Royal Mail (Letters) within the grade of (a) postmen, postwomen, (b) postmen, postwomen higher grade, (c) postal assistant, 628W (d) postal officer, (e) postal executive class D, (f) postal executive class C, (g) postal executive class B, (h) postal executive class A, (i) doorkeepers and (j) cleaners are registered as disabled within the terms of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Acts 1944 and 1958;
(7) what are the numbers of people employed by Royal Mail (Letters) in the grades of postal executive class C and above; and how many of the total are (a) women, (b) of ethnic minority origin and (c) registered as disabled;
(8) if he will list the number of persons who are currently entered in the register of disabled persons within the terms of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Acts 1944 and 1958 who have applied for employment with (a) Royal Mail (Letters), (b) Royal Mail (Parcels) and (c) Post Office (Counters) during (i) 1984, (ii) 1985, (iii) 1986, (iv) 1987 and (v) 1988; and how many of these applicants were subsequently employed.
§ Mr. ForthQuestions of employment in the letters, parcels and counters businesses of the Post Office, including employment of different categories of people and facilities provided for them, are a matter for the Post Office. I am asking the Post Office to contact the hon. Member about these questions.