The gender split of staff employed by the Department for Transport at 31 December 2005 along with the percentage of those reporting to be disabled are set out in the following table.
Responsibility level Male Female Department declaring being disabled SCS Level 78.34 21.66 1.38 Grade 6/7 78.33 21.67 3.41 SEO/HEO 69.79 30.21 4.72 EO 65.30 34.70 4.69 AO/AA 39.74 60.26 6.93 Others1 85.02 14.98 1.15 Total 56.62 43.38 5.39 1 Others relate to staff in HA, GCDA and VOSA whose grades do not fit into the general clerical grade structure.
Members of the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS) can pay additional contributions to top up their pension either through the Civil Service Additional Voluntary Contributions Scheme (CSAVCS), a money purchase arrangement, or by buying added years of service in the PCSPS. As an alternative to membership of the PCSPS recruits from 1 October 2002 have been able to join a stakeholder arrangement, the partnership pension account.
The number and percentage of staff in the department (including the Agencies) who are making additional voluntary contributions to their pension as at 26 May 2006 are shown in the following table.
Number Percentage CSAVCS 300 1.56 Added Years 523 2.72 Partnership 327 1.70
The Department for Transport provides the following incentives to encourage staff to use public transport for travelling to and from work:
Salary advances for the purchase of season tickets
Desktop journey planning tools
Promotion of public transport and local and national transport information via intranets, internal newsletters and other communication routes.