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Departmental Disabled Staff
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many and what proportion of (a) his Department’s and (b) its agencies’ staff were registered disabled in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement; [230564]
(2) how many and what proportion of (a) his Department’s and (b) its agencies’ staff are registered disabled; and if he will make a statement. [230565]
Jonathan Shaw: The information is contained in the following table.
The table sets out information about the numbers of staff who have declared themselves to be disabled. While the Department encourages staff to make a declaration, declaration is voluntary.
We are aware that not all disabled staff do declare that they consider themselves to be disabled, and the true figure may be higher than the figures shown. For example, the 2008 DWP Staff Survey (which is completed anonymously), showed that 13.6 per cent. of respondents considered themselves to have a long standing health condition or disability. According to the latest figures provided, we currently have 5.7 per cent. of our work force declared disabled.
The Department for Work and Pensions was created in July 2001, and figures prior to 2002 are unobtainable. Figures from 2002 to 2005 are based on the proportion of disabled staff as a proportion of all staff in the Department, including those who had not made a declaration about their disability. However, following new guidance from the Cabinet Office, the figures from 2006 to the present date exclude all staff who have not declared their disability status.
| Department/agency | Disabled staff | Percentage disabled | |
Departmental Disciplinary Proceedings
Mr. Redwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what sanctions are available in cases of departmental staff found to have committed disciplinary offences; and how many times each has been used in each of the last three years. [230208]
Jonathan Shaw: The Department has a range of sanctions that can be applied according to the seriousness of the offence. These are:
Oral warning;
Written warning;
Final written warning;
Compulsory transfer;
Financial penalty;
Withdrawal of internet access;
Ban on promotion and temporary duties allowance;
Withdrawal of flexitime;
Demotion; and
Dismissal.
Information on the number of disciplinary penalties issued is provided as follows. The Department introduced a new personnel computer system incrementally from November 2006, being fully implemented by April 2007. Information is not available from this system prior to April 2007.
Information on written warnings and final written warnings is recorded together and cannot be separated.
| Penalty type | 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008 | 1 April 2008 to 30 September 2008( 1) | Total |
| (1) Latest date for which figures are available. (2) This records the number of instances, it is not a record of the number of individuals. An individual can have more than one warning. | |||
| Additional sanction type | 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008 | 1 April 2008 to 30 September 2008( 1) | Total |
| (1) Latest date for which figures are available. | |||
Departmental Older Workers
Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many individuals over the ages of (a) 50, (b) 55 and (c) 60 years were recruited by his Department in each of the last 10 years; and what percentage of total new employees each figure represents. [231834]
Jonathan Shaw: The Department for Work and Pensions was formed in June 2001. Therefore the first full year that recruitment statistics are available is the year ending 31 March 2003.
The available information on recruits is shown in the following table.
| Recruits by age range | |||||||
| Year ending March each year | Age 50-5 4 | Percentage of all recruits | Age 55 - 59 | Percentage of all recruits | Age 60+ | Percentage of all recruits | Total r ecruits |
| Note: Includes permanent and temporary recruits. | |||||||
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