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Departments: Epilepsy

Volume 462: debated on Monday 25 June 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people with epilepsy are employed by her Department; and if she will make a statement. (139103)

Staff are requested but not required to inform us if they have epilepsy, and as such this information is not held centrally. However we are committed to support all staff with a disability, and work with a network of such staff to ensure that their needs are met.

The Department’s recent Disability Equality Scheme has been acknowledged as one of the top four in Whitehall by the Disability Rights Commission.