Written question asked by Lord Harper (Conservative) on Tuesday, 15 July 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 17 July 2008. It was answered by Parmjit Dhanda (Labour) on Tuesday, 22 July 2008 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Disabled

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what proportion of staff in (a) her Department and (b) the executive agencies for which she is responsible are disabled; and what the average salary in her (i) Department and (ii) executive agencies is of (A) full-time disabled staff, (B) full-time non-disabled staff, (C) part-time disabled staff and (D) part-time non-disabled staff.

Answer

The average salaries of disabled staff, non-disabled staff and staff for which their disability status is unknown, is given in the following table.

	Average salaries (full-time equivalent) (£)	Staff numbers (headcount)
isabled—full-time	35,306	88
Disabled—part-time	38,994	11
Non disabled—full-time	38,448	1,289
Non disabled—part-time	38,666	140
Unknown/do not want to disclose—full-time	35,429	411
Unknown/do not want to disclose—part-time	37,791	44

Details of the average salaries of disabled and non-disabled staff in the Department's agencies are not held centrally.

Secondary information