HC Deb 15 July 1992 vol 211 c703W
Mrs. Roche

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer to the hon. and learned Member for Leicester, West (Mr. Janner) of 6 July,Official Report, column 10, (a) how many of his Department's employees, and (b) what proportion of his Department's employees, were registered disabled in 1989 and 1990.

Mr. Nelson

[holding answer 14 July 1992]: Details of the numbers and proportions of registered disabled people employed by my Department in 1989 and 1990 were as follows:

Number Per cent.
1989 35 1.1
1990 31.5 1.0

These figures show the position at 1 June 1989 and 1 June 1990 and are drawn from the publication "Independent". Copies of this publication are in the Library of the House of Commons. Part-time staff are counted as half units. The Department also employs a number of people with disabilities who have chosen not to register as disabled.