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In this Report
Commons Written Answers (2 Feb 2004)
Civil Service (Disabled People)
Mr. Goodman: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will set out the number of employees in his Department who have a disability, broken down by disability type.
Mr. Alexander: The table gives the number of employees in my Department who have a disability broken down by disability type.
Disability type, Staff number (headcount) as at 1 April 2003
Reduced Physical Capacity, 11
Reduced Physical Capacity + other impairment, Number of staff is less than five.
Physical Co-ordination Difficulties, Number of staff is less than five.
Hearing Impairment (alone), 6
Hearing Impairment + other impairment, Number of staff is less than five.
Learning Difficulties, 5
Learning Difficulties + other impairment, Number of staff is less than five.
Mental Illness, Number of staff is less than five.
Mobility Impairment (alone), Number of staff is less than five.
Mobility Impairment + other impairment, 5
Speech Impairment (alone), Number of staff is less than five.
Unknown Disability, Number of staff is less than five.
Visual Impairment (alone), Number of staff is less than five.
Total, 4
These figures cover the Cabinet Office (main), the Government Car and Despatch Agency (air Executive Agency of the Cabinet Office) and the Central' Office of Information (which reports to the Minister for the Cabinet Office).
Note:
The number of staff in post and the number of disabled staff have been rounded
to the nearest 10, and numbers under five are not disclosed in order to protect
the privacy of the individual.
Source:
Cabinet Office, Departmental returns
My Department set up a cross-departmental Disability Working Group in January
2003, which is currently working to identify best practice in surveying staff
on disability. The group has recently completed a consultation exercise, the
outcome of which will be made available in due course.
The Cabinet Office also supports its own departmental network for disabled staff (DISCO) and will be working with them to support a number of initiatives throughout the coming year. This includes awareness raising events about various disabilities.
Commons Written Answers (2 Feb 2004)
Departmental Staff (Disability)
Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will set out the number of employees in his Department who have a disability, broken down by disability type.
Hilary Benn: As at April 2003, there were 23 members of staff with a disability.
Type of Disability, Number of DFID Staff
Hearing Impairment, 8
Visual Impairment, Number of staff is less than five.
Speech Impairment, Number of staff is less than five.
Mobility Impairment, 5
Physical Impairment, Number of staff is less than five.
Reduced Physical Capacity, Number of staff is less than five.
Severe disfigurement, Number of staff is less than five.
Learning difficulties, Number of staff is less than five.
Mental Illness, 0
Other, 0
Total, 23
Note:
The number of staff in post and the number of disabled staff have been rounded
to the nearest 10, and numbers under five are not disclosed in order to protect
the privacy of the individual.
At DFID, staff with disabilities can often fall into more than one of the above categories; where this is the case, they have been assigned to the category relating to their primary disability. DFID is a member of the cross-departmental Cabinet Office Disability Working Group, the primary purpose of which is to improve data collection, monitoring and declaration within the Civil Service.
Commons Written Answers (3 Feb 2004)
DEFENCE - Civil Service (Disabled People)
Mr. Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will set out the number of employees in his department who have a disability, broken down by disability type.
Mr. Caplin: The number of employees within the department as at 1 October
2003 who have a disability by disability type is:
Description, Number
Hearing impairment, 1,040
Visual impairment, 310
Speech impairment, 60
Mobility impairment, 810
Physical coordination difficulties, 140
Reduced physical capacity, 1,010
Severe disfigurement, 90
Learning difficulties, 140
Mental illness, 110
Multiple impairment, 20
Unknown disability, 20
Disability total, 3,700
Not disabled, 49,150
Status unknown, 35,200
Overall total, 88,100
Notes:
1. Permanent staff excluding Royal Fleet Auxiliaries and those not currently paid by the department (e.g. maternity leave, secondment).
2. Values are rounded separately and may not add to totals.
Lords Written Answers (5 Feb 2004)
Disability Discrimination Bill
Lord Rotherwick asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the draft Disability Discrimination Bill will incorporate the recommendations of the Dyslexia Association on the correct fonts, spacing and colour of paper to be used.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Baroness Hollis of Heigham): The draft Disability Discrimination Bill has been published in a wide range of accessible formats, including audio tape, Braille, British Sign Language video and an easy read booklet for people with learning disabilities. The easy read booklet is designed to assist people with a wide range of learning disabilities. It reflects guidance from a number of sources, such as the Disability Rights Commission, and is largely in line with the Dyslexia Association's dyslexia style guide guidance on font size, colour of paper and spacing.
Commons Written Answers (5 Feb 2004)
Civil Servants (Disabled People)
Mr. Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out the number of employees in his Department who have a disability, broken down by disability type.
Fiona Mactaggart: The information requested for the Home Office (excluding Prison Service and the UK Passport Agency) is in the following table.
Type of disability, Number of staff
Non-disabled, 18,500
Hearing impairment, 50
Visual impairment, 30
Mobility impairment, 70
Physical coordination difficulties, 40
Reduced physical capacity, 110
Learning difficulties, 20
Mental illness, 20
Unknown disability, 50
Speech impairment, Less than 10.
Hearing impairment plus (ln combination with one or more disabilities.), -
Visual impairment plus, -
Speech impairment plus, -
Mobility impairment plus, 10
Physical co-ordination difficulties plus, 10
Reduced physical capacity plus, 40
Mental illness plus, 10
Status unknown, 250
Total Home Office staff (Including Forensic Science Service), 19,210
Figures provided from Mandate Data as at 1 April 2003. The data from Mandate incorporate information on 98per cent. civil servants. Therefore, any analysis that comes from Mandate will not cover the complete population of civil servants and will not always reconcile with the data that are in the public domain.
Note:
The number of staff in post and the number of disabled staff have been rounded
to the nearest 10, and numbers under five are not disclosed in order to protect
the privacy of the individual.
A Home Office Staff Survey undertaken in 2001 showed that 5per cent. of respondents were declaring a disability against a declared level of 2.3per cent. staff with a disability recorded on their personal record at that time. However, the declaration of disability is a voluntary matter and the Department is exploring ways of persuading staff of the value of declaring their disability. The Department participates in the Cabinet Office Disability Bursary Scheme, designed for staff with potential for early promotion to the senior civil service, the Cabinet Office summer placement scheme for disabled graduates and is a member of the Cabinet Office-chaired Disability Working Group, which is examining issues around disability monitoring and collection and the non-declaration of disability.
The Department has facilitated and resourced the establishment of the Home Office Disability Support Network (HODS), to provide support and encouragement to staff with disabilities and advice to the Department about their needs. The Department is working with HODS to raise awareness and improve understanding of disability issues across the office, and to help realise the potential of disabled staff to rise to senior levels.
Commons Written Answers (5 Feb 2004)
CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS - Civil Service (Disabled People)
Mr. Goodman: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs if he will set out the number of employees in the Department who have a disability, broken down by disability type.
Mr. Lammy: The following table is as at 1 April 2003. 442 members of staff in the Department for Constitutional Affairs have declared a disability. This information is obtained through a confidential survey issued to all staff, and collected against the following categories, which are based on Cabinet Office guidance. My Department is a member of the Disability Working Group.
Disability description, Total
Reduced physical capacity, 159
Hearing impairment, 65
Mobility impairment, 61
Visual impairment, 33
Physical co-ordination difficulties, 28
Learning disabilities, 19
Mental illness, 8
Speech impairment, No declarations have been received.
Reduced physical-with one or more other disabilities, 32
Mobility-with one or more other disabilities, 20
Hearing-with one or more other disabilities, 12
Visual-with one or more other disabilities, 5
Learning-with one or more other disabilities, No declarations have been received.
Physical co-ordination difficulties-with one or more other disabilities, No
declarations have been received.
Disfigurement-with one or more other disabilities, No declarations have been
received.
Mental illness-with one or more other disabilities, No declarations have been
received.
Disability unknown, No declarations have been received.
Note:
The number of staff in post and the number of disabled staff have been rounded
to the nearest 10, and numbers under five are not disclosed in order to protect
the privacy of the individual.
Commons Written Answers (9 Feb 2004)
Mentally Disordered Offenders
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the mentally disordered offenders listed in the 2003 Statistics published by the Home Office on 27 November 2003 were deaf; and what proportion were from a black and ethnic minority background.
Paul Goggins: The requested information is not held centrally and is therefore not available. Mechanisms have been put in place to collect information on the ethnicity of restricted patients. This information will be published as soon as is practically possible.
Commons Written Answers (10 Feb 2004)
Audiology
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many audiologist posts are (a) unfilled and (b) filled by temporary appointees in NHS audiology departments in England; and what percentage of the total number of audiologist posts each of these figures represents.
Mr. Hutton: Information is not collected separately on vacancies for audiologists; they are included within the physiological measurement area of work. Information is collected in the national health service vacancy survey on the number of vacancies lasting three months or more. As at March 2003, 66, or 1.9 per cent. of physiological measurement posts were vacant for three months or more, a fall from 2.1 per cent. in the previous year.
Information on the number of posts currently filled by temporary appointees is not collected centrally.
Mr. Flook: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people worked in the audiology department of Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, in each of the last six years.
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested is not held centrally.
Mr. Flook: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) analogue and (b) digital hearing aids were fitted in (i) Taunton Deane Primary Care Trust area and (ii) Somerset Coast Primary Care Trust area in each month of 2003.
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested is not held centrally.
Mr. Flook: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hearing aid assessments were carried out in each month of 2003 in the (a) Taunton Deane and (b) Somerset Coast Primary Care Trust area.
Ms Rosie Winterton: This information is not centrally held.
Commons Written Answers (11 Feb 2004)
Audiology
David Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health
(1) what progress has been made in reducing the number of analogue hearing aids used by NHS patients in (a) North West Leicestershire and (b) the East Midlands since January 2002;
(2) what progress is being made in the provision of NHS digital hearing aids in (a) North West Leicestershire and (b) the East Midlands.
Dr. Ladyman: Details of those audiology services that have been modernised are available in the Library. There are no plans to monitor the reduction in the number of people using analogue aids. I refer the hon. Member to the response given to the hon. Member for Christchurch (Mr. Chope) on 26 January 2004, Official Report, column 176W.
Mr. Flook: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when digital hearing aids will be freely available on the NHS for residents of (a) Taunton Deane and (b) West Somerset.
Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 10 February 2004]: Digital hearing aids are already available on the national health service for residents of Taunton Deane and West Somerset. A small number of digital hearing aids were made available in January 2004. However, the audiology department at the Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust will begin rolling out digital hearing aids comprehensively in March 2004 when 1,000 existing analogue users will start converting to digital technology.
Mr. Flook: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients are waiting for a hearing aid assessment in the (a) Taunton Deane and (b) Somerset Coast Primary Care Trust area.
Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 10 February 2004]: This information is not centrally held.
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