§ Mr. Stephen TwiggTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the percentage of(a) registered disabled people, (b) women, (c) people from ethnic minorities and (d) people from (i) independent schools, (ii) grammar schools and (iii) other schools employed by his Department in each of the years (i) 1970, (ii) 1979, (iii) 1989 and (iv) 1999. [107012]
§ Ms StuartWe do not collect information about the educational background of staff. Available information is set out in the table.
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Percentage 1970 1979 1989 1999 DHSS 1 DHSS 1 DHSS 1 DH DH (a) Disability2 n/a n/a — 1.3 6 (b) Women 40 63 64 351 57 (c) Ethnic minority4 n/a n/a — 4.7 14 1 Until 1989 the Department of Health and Social Security were a single Department (DHSS) 2 Figure not available for the number of people with a disability before 1985. The 1989 figure is "registered disabled"; the 1999 figure is those with a self-declared disability 3 Women in DH workforce after the split of DHSS 4 Figure not available for number of people from an ethnic minority before 1989