HC Deb 21 January 2004 vol 416 cc1257-8W
Mr. Goodman

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out the number of employees in his Department who have a disability, broken down by disability type. [148995]

Ruth Kelly

5,247 of the 98,770 staff employed by the Treasury, Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise have declared a disability.

Number
HM Treasury
Capacity 10
Co-ordination 7
Hearing 9
Learning 4
Mentally ill 1
Mobility 7
Speech 2
Visual 4
Total number 44
HM Customs and Excise
Hearing Impairment—and other 20
Hearing Impairment—alone 110
Learning difficulties—alone 23
Learning difficulties—and other 7
Mental illness—alone 32
Mobility impairment—and other 48
Mobility impairment—alone 126
Physical co-ordination—alone 31
Physical co-ordination—and other 22
Reduced phys. capacity—and other 70
Reduced phys. capacity—alone 256
Severe disfigurement—and other 1
Severe disfigurement—alone 1
Speech impairment—and other 2
Speech impairment—alone 8
Status unknown 43
Unknown disability 106
Visual impairment—and other 16
Visual impairment—alone 61
Total number 983
Inland Revenue
Unknown disability 1,126
Reduced physical capacity 729
Visual impairment 668
Mobility impairment 651
Hearing impairment 625
Mental illness 242
Learning difficulties 72
Speech impairment 46
Physical co-ordination difficulties 43
Severe disfigurement 11
Obsolete descriptions 8
Total number 4,220
Grand total 5,247