Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs' staff have been dismissed in each year since 2006; and what proportion of those staff were disabled.
The table below shows all dismissals from 1 April 2006 and the number of people dismissed who have recorded their disability status as disabled and non-disabled.
Year | Total No. Of Dismissals | Recorded Disabled status | Not Recorded Disabled status |
2006/07 | 150 | 0 | 150 |
2007/08 | 386 | 10 | 376 |
2008/09 | 457 | 33 | 424 |
2009/10 | 530 | 74 | 456 |
2010/11 | 467 | 94 | 373 |
2011/12 | 511 | 84 | 427 |
2012/13 | 510 | 100 | 410 |
2013/14 | 449 | 83 | 366 |
2014/15 | 346 | 63 | 283 |
2015/16 | 522 | 88 | 434 |
2016/17 | 235 | 37 | 198 |
All Years Total | 4,563 | 666 | 1,242 |
HM Revenue and Customs runs regular educational campaigns to encourage people to declare their disability status. For the Department as a whole, the disability declaration rate has increased from 5.4% in 2006 to 60.4% in 2016. As at 30 September 2016, 14.82% of the Department have recorded themselves as disabled.