§ Mr. Stephen TwiggTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of his Department's staff were(a) registered disabled, (b) women, (c) from ethnic minorities and (d) from (i) independent, (ii) grammar and (iii) other schools in (1) 1970, (2) 1979, (3) 1989 and (4) 1999. [106763]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe percentage of permanent staff recorded centrally as having a disability in the Home Office, including the Prison Service, was 0.6 per cent. on 1 April 1999. Detailed figures were given in the reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton, North-East (Mr. Crausby) by my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary on 21 December 1999,Official Report, columns 473–74W.
The recorded percentage of female permanent staff in the Home Office, excluding the Prison Service, was 51.8 per cent. on 1 April 1999. The recorded percentage 508W of female staff in the Prison Service was 26.5 per cent. on 21 December 1999. Detailed figures were given in the reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Keighley (Mrs. Cryer) by my right hon. Friend, the Home Secretary on 12 January 2000, Official Report, columns 176–77W.
The percentage of permanent staff of ethnic minority origin recorded centrally as being in the Home Office, including the Prison Service, was 5.0 per cent. on 1 April 1999. Detailed figures were also given in the reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton, North-East (Mr. Crausby) by my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary on 20 December 1999, Official Report, columns 367W–68W.
Detailed disability, ethnicity, and gender breakdowns for 1970, 1979, and 1989 are not available except at disproportionate cost. The available published staffing figures may be found in Civil Service Statistics, a copy of which is in the Library.
509WInformation on the schools attended by civil servants is not recorded centrally and therefore is not available for the periods requested except at disproportionate cost.