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Written question asked by Lord Laird (Ulster Unionist Party), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord De Mauley (Conservative) on Tuesday, 11 December 2012.

Government Departments: Staff

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many staff employed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs are registered with that department as being disabled, broken down by grade, for each of the past five years for which figures are available.[HL3797]

Answer

Employees do not have to register that they have a disability with core Defra, but are asked voluntarily to declare their disability status.

Information on the number of declared disabled employees by grade in core Defra is provided in the table below.

Grade
 2008
 2009
 2010
 2011
 2012
AA
 10
 8
 **
 5
 **
AO
 34
 30
 27
 31
 28
EO
 31
 30
 30
 42
 35
HEO
 31
 32
 35
 53
 43
SEO
 9
 8
 8
 11
 12
Grade 7
 13
 14
 18
 23
 17
Grade 6
 8
 8
 10
 11
 **
SOS
 **
 5
 6
 8
 **
Unknown*
 n/a
 n/a
 n/a
 n/a
 **

* Employees shown as being in an unknown grade on 31 March 2012 are former Regional Development Agency employees whose grade had yet to be assessed.

** Numbers below five are not shown for reasons of confidentiality.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
741 c215WA; HL3797
Session
2012-13
Subjects
Disability Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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