The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) was created in October 2008 bringing together staff from Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). The number of employees within DECC and who have declared a disability status was published in the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (ACSES) by the Office for National Statistics on 20 January 2010.
An extract is shown as follows:
Number/percentage Disabled 40 Non-disabled 200 Not declared or non-response 670 Total 910 All employees with known disability status 240 Disabled employees as percentage of known disability status 16.5 1 Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10.
The median earnings for non-disabled and disabled employees is as follows:
Non-disabled Disabled Full-time 37,710 31,900 Part-time 49,570 1— 1 Data not available as disclosure could identify individuals. Note: Data compiled as at 31 March 2009.