To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total number of employees in his Department; and how many are (a) black and (b) disabled.

[holding answer 28 February 1992]: At 1 April 1991 the total number of staff employed in the Scottish Office and associated departments was 6,186. Of that number, 29 have described themselves as belonging to an ethnic minority. At 1 June 1991, the Departments employed 80 staff who were registered disabled and an unrecorded number of people with a disability who had chosen not to register.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the number of (a) men and (b) women in his 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.

[holding answer 28 February 1992]: The information at 1 April 1991 for my Department is set out in the tables: