Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have been employed in the Disability Unit in each year since its creation.
The Disability Unit was established in November 2019, when a Machinery of Government Change transferred officials from the former Office for Disability Issues (ODI) to the Cabinet Office from the Department for Work and Pensions to form the Disability Unit.
| 31/01/2020* | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 |
Total | 16 | 18 | 28 | 25 |
*Data was not held on our systems in December 2019
Of those that declared their disability status:
| 31/01/2020 | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 |
Percentage yes | 50% | 38% | 44% | 50% |
Percentages exclude those who did not declare their disability status or who declared that they would prefer not to say.