Department of Health and Social Care: Disability
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff in his Department are recorded as having a (a) mental health condition and (b) physical disability by grade.
Answered by Karin Smyth
The following data reflects employees’ self-declared disability information as of the end of September 2025. The following table shows the number of Department staff who declared as having a mental health condition by grade, as of September 2025:
Grade | Headcount |
Administrative Officer/Executive Officer | 10 |
Higher Executive Officer/Fast Stream/Senior Executive Officer | 60 |
Grade 7/6 | 50 |
Senior Civil Servant | [c] |
Total | 120 |
Note: [c] means the figure is confidential and has been suppressed due to small numbers of less than five
In addition, the following table shows the number of Department staff who declared as having a physical disability by grade, as of September 2025:
Grade | Headcount |
Administrative Officer/Executive Officer | 20 |
Higher Executive Officer/Fast Stream/Senior Executive Officer | 70 |
Grade 7/6 | 60 |
Senior Civil Servant | 10 |
Total | 160 |
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