Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what proportion of their Department's employees are recorded as having a disability.

The Department for Business and Trade employees remain employed by their previous departments until the new Department is established by a Transfer of Functions order. Data recorded for BEIS and DIT can be found below.

For BEIS, the proportion of people employed by the Department who have recorded that they have a disability was 11% as of 28 February 2023.

For DIT, the proportion of people employed by DIT who have reported having a disability was 12% as of 28 February 2023.