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Department for Transport: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in her Department are recorded as having a (a) mental health condition and (b) physical disability, broken down by grade.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
29 Oct 2025
Target answer date
3 Nov 2025
Answer
6 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in her Department are recorded as having a (a) mental health condition and (b) physical disability, broken down by grade.

  2. 3 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Following a thorough search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by this Department. This is because it is not a requirement of the department to hold reasons for disability. The Department...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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