Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 17 October 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of (a) staff and (b) new staff employed since April 2005 in (i) his Department and (ii) each of the agencies for which he has responsibility is recorded as disabled.
Information on the disability status of staff is available via the Cabinet Office website at
http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/management/statistics/publications/xls/report_2005/table_p.xls
Disability is self-declared and voluntary.
Since April 2005 approximately 4 per cent. of all new entrants to the Core Department and the Agencies covered by the Department's personnel database have declared a disability. The proportions for the core Department and individual Agencies are shown in the following table:
Department/Agency | New entrants with a declared a disability (percentage) |
Core Defra | 4 |
State Veterinary Service | 5 |
Pesticides Safety Directorate(1) | 0 |
Government Decontamination Service(1) | 6 |
Veterinary Medicines Directorate(1) | 0 |
Marine Fisheries Agency(1) | 6 |
Rural Development Service | 5 |
(1) These Agencies recruited fewer than 20 staff in this period. |
Data for the remaining Agencies i.e. the Central Science Laboratory, the Veterinary Laboratories Agency, the Rural Payments Agency, and the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences is held by the Agencies. It has not been provided due to the disproportionate cost involved in collating the information.
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