Departments: Manpower

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people granted (a) temporary part-time, (b) temporary full-time, (c) permanent part-time and (d) permanent full-time contracts of employment in her Department in each of the last three years were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) registered disabled and (iv) aged 55 years or over. (143906)

For staff for whom the information requested is available, the numbers requested are:

	Male	Female	Disabled	Aged 55 or over
2006-07
Temporary part-time	0	0	0	0
Temporary full-time	28	27	0	4
Permanent part-time	2	10	0	2
Permanent full-time	138	150	7	12
2005-06
Temporary part-time	1	0	0	0
Temporary full-time	28	16	0	2
Permanent part-time	0	3	0	0
Permanent full-time	61	78	2	4

2004-05
Temporary part-time	0	0	0	0
Temporary full-time	46	44	0	3
Permanent part-time	2	8	0	3
Permanent full-time	120	135	9	14

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what percentage of staff in her Department are (a) male, (b) female, (c) registered disabled and (d) aged 55 or over. (143907)

At 31 May 2007 percentages of staff, for whom information is available, is as follows:

	Percentage
Male	52.9
Female	47.1
Disabled	6.5
Aged 55 years or over	11.4

Volume 461: debated on Thursday 21 June 2007