HC Deb 03 February 2004 vol 417 c832W
Mr. Goodman

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what progress has been made in meeting targets for the proportion of people with disabilities in senior posts in his Department. [146001]

Maria Eagle

Statistical 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.

This information is also available in the Library. The latest statistics show that at 1 April 2003, there were 12 disabled senior civil servants in the Department, 5.4 per cent. of the total.