Departments: Disabled

Mr. Harper

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of people employed by (a) her Department and (b) its agencies are disabled. (153594)

The information requested is set out in the following table.

	Proportion of staff with disability—30 June 2007 (percentage)	Total number of staff
Central Home Office	1.75	3,691
Border and Immigration Agency	3.54	19,710
Criminal Record Bureau	2.40	395
Identity and Passport Agency	5.74	3,939

Volume 463: debated on Monday 3 September 2007