The Cabinet Office publishes statistics on staffing facts and figures across the civil service. The Civil Service Statistics 2005 report includes details of the number of staff by disability status.
Records for the Department of Transport and its agencies indicate the following:
Total staff Recorded as disabled Percentage disabled Percentage of new staff employed since April 2005 recorded as disabled DfT(C) exc. agencies 1,990 50 2.5 0.82 DVLA 6,770 520 7.6 2.24 DSA 2,670 90 3.5 1.27 HA 2,150 90 4.1 1.3 MCA 1,210 100 8.2 0.6 VCA 110 1— 1— 1— VOSA 2,720 20 0.8 0.63 GCDA 290 10 3.4 0 Total 17,910 880 5.0 1.3 1 Numbers less than five have been suppressed.
The figures provided in the table have been taken from two different sources. Figures in columns one to three have been extracted from the CSS 2005 report and figures in column four have been extracted from internal departmental recording systems.
It should be noted that there is no requirement for staff to register as disabled. Information supplied about disabilities is on a voluntary basis so the above figures may not reflect the true picture.