To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff of each (i) sex, (ii) ethnic group and (ii) disability were recruited to work in his Department's headquarters in (A) each financial year since 2004-05 and (B) 2009-10. (323535)

The Department publishes information on the diversity of its workforce, including recruitment data, in its annual Workforce Diversity Data Report. Copies of the 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08 reports have been placed in the Library of the House. The 2008-09 report has not yet been published.