§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what were the percentages of disabled staff employed in(a) his Department and (b) other Government Departments in each of the past 10 years.
Mr. JacksonThe percentages of registered disabled staff in the civil service are set out in the table for the years for which records are available. In 1990 the Department of Employment group employed 3.2 per cent. registered disabled. The Office of the Minister for the Civil Service publishes these figures annually in "Independent" magazine, which is in the Library. Registration is voluntary and Departments employ people with disabilities who are not registered.
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Table: Registered Disabled People in the Civil Service1 Percentage 1986 1987 1988 1989 MAFF 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 Cabinet Office 1.1 1.0 0.8 1.0 Customs and Excise 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.6 MOD 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 DES 2.2 2.0 2.1 2.6 Employment Group 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.7 Energy 0.6 1.2 1.1 1.2 Environment2 — — — 1.0 ECGD 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 FCO 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.5 Health2 — — — 0.7 Home Office 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 DTI 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.2 Inland Revenue 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 Land Registry 2.4 2.4 2.8 2.7 LCD 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.3 DNS 3.1 2.9 2.7 3.0 OPCS 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.3 Ordnance Survey 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 ODA 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.2 PSA2 — — — 1.2 Public Record Office 3.8 3.3 2.7 1.9 Royal Mint 3.1 3.7 3.5 2.9 Scottish Office 1.7 1.7 1.4 1.4 Social Security2 — — — 1.5 Transport2 — — — 1.2
1986 1987 1988 1989 HMSO 1.3 1.7 1.8 1.9 HM Treasury 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.1 Welsh Office 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.2 Total3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1 Part-time staff counted as half units. 2 The Department of Health and Social Security and Environment Group has recently been divided into separate departments. Information for the new departments is only available for 1989. 3 Total includes a number of smaller departments and agencies not listed in the table.