§ Mr. SpellarTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which Government Departments meet the quota requirements for the employment of people with disabilities and which do not.
§ Mr. David DavisInformation held centrally does not include some smaller Departments and agencies. Of those for which information is available, at 1 July 1993 there were five which met the 3 per cent. quota for the employment of people with disabilities. These are as follows: Department of Education; Employment Group; Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce; the Office of the Paymaster General and Registers of Scotland.
Overall, 1.5 per cent. of civil service staff are registered disabled, compared with 0.8 per cent. in the public sector generally and 0.7 per cent. in the private sector. Like many other employers, civil service departments also employ many staff with disabilities who have chosen not to register.