§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many senior civil servants in his Department are disabled, expressed in(a) numbers and (b) as a percentage of whole-time equivalents. [144976]
§ Hilary BennStatistical information about senior civil servants with disabilities is available on the Civil Service Statistics website at http:/www.civil-service.gov.uk/statistics/documents/pdf/disability-oct03.pdf
As there are less than five members of the senior civil service in DFID with a disability, the actual number is not published in order to protect the privacy of the individual in line with exemption 12 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.