To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many and what percentage of officers in each grade from 1 to 7 and overall in the Duchy of Lancaster and in the Office of Public Service and Science are (a) women, (b) from ethnic minorities and (c) disabled people.

[pursuant to his reply 14 April 1993, columns 535–36]: Some of the figures quoted in the answer have been found to be incorrect. The correct information is as follows:

Grade (and equivalents)	Women	Total	Percentage Women
1	0	3	0
2	2	17	12
3	2	24	8
4	0	3	0
5	16	62	26
6	21	64	33
7	61	265	23
Overall	1,287	2,495	52

The ethnic monitoring programme was carried out on a voluntary basis and did not extend to the Cabinet Office's agencies. Of those who responded, 62 people chose to register as non-white. One of these people is at grade 7 level.The Cabinet Office's figures on staff with disabilities include only those who have chosen to register as disabled. Twenty-eight people are so registered. None is at grade 7 level or above. The Cabinet Office employs other staff with disabilities who have chosen not to register.