§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what proportion and number of non-industrial civil servants are currently(a) registered disabled and (b) disabled as defined by the Cabinet Office document "Focus on Ability".
Mr. Robert G. HughesOn 1 July 1994, the number of registered disabled people in the non-industrial civil 117W service was 8,142, representing 1.67 per cent. of the total. Figures for the number and proportion of all disabled people employed in the civil service are not available, although surveys conducted by some individual Departments suggest that there may be at least as many non-registered disabled people in the civil service as there are registered.