§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proportion and number of non-industrial civil servants in the departments and agencies for which he has responsibility are registered disabled and disabled as defined by the Cabinet Office document "Focus on Ability."
§ Mr. HagueOn 1 July 1994, the number of registered disabled people in the Department was 1,574. This represented 1.8 per cent. of all staff. Figures for the number and proportion of all disabled people employed in the Department are not yet available. We are still624W the published evaluation reports on the Resettlement and Contributions Agencies.
Because of changes in work loads and work organisations, it is not possible directly to compare the numbers of support staff before and after the establishment of agencies. The other information requested on agencies' expenditure is in the table.
conducting surveys, but indications at this stage are that there are at least as many non-registered disabled people in the Department as there are registered.