§ Mr. GoodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress has been made in meeting targets for the proportion of people with disabilities in senior posts in her Department. [145993]
§ Alun MichaelStatistical information about senior civil servants with disabilities is available on the Civil Service website at: http://www.civil-service.gov.uk/statistics/documents/pdf/disability-oct03.pdf
The data shows that one per cent. of senior civil servants in my Department have a disability. As there are less than five members of the senior civil service in my Department with a disability, the actual number is 436W 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.