To ask the Attorney-General if he will publish a table showing the number of (a) men and (b) women (x) in his Department and (y) in the Lord Chancellor's Department in each of grades (i) 1, (ii) 2, (iii) 3, (iv) 4, (v) 5, (vi) 6, (vii) 7, (viii) SEO, (ix) HEO, (x) administrative trainee, (xi) EO, (xii) CO and (xiii) CA.

The information requested is set out in the tables.

(X) Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers
	(a) Men	(b) Women
Grade 1	—	—
2	—	—
3	—	1
4	2	—
5	3	—

To ask the Attorney-General what is the total number of employees in (a) the Lord Chancellor's Department and (b) his Department; and how many are (i) black and (ii) disabled.

The total number of staff in (a) the Lord Chancellor's Department is 11,923. The total numbers of staff in my Departments (b) are:

Department	Numbers
Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers	23
Treasury Solicitor's Department	474
Crown Prosecution Service	5,758
Serious Fraud Office	129

In the Lord Chancellor's Department 8,674 staff responded to an ethnic origin survey, and of these 622 were black or belonged to other ethnic minorities. As at 1 June 1991 the Lord Chacellor's Department had 171 staff who are registered as disabled.In the Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers there are no black or registered disabled staff. In the Treasury Solicitor's Department there are 80 staff who are black or belong to other ethnic minorities. The Treasury Solicitor's Department had four members of staff who are registered as disabled.In the Crown prosecution service, 4,012 staff responded to an ethnic origin survey, and of these 248 were black or belonged to other ethnic minorities. As at 31 August 1991 the Crown prosecution service had 40 staff who are registered as disabled.The Serious Fraud Office has 17 staff who are black or belong to other ethnic minorities, but no employees who are registered as disabled.