percentage of disabled employees over the last year does, however, seem to have slowed a little. The table below shows the distribution of disabled employees within the LCC workforce by Service as at 31 December 2016, again the previous year's figures are given in brackets below each entry. Service Number of Number of Percentage of Employees Disabled Employees who Employees Consider themselves to have a disability Adult Services 2661 68 2.55% (2662) (72) (2.7%) Children's 3700 55 1.48% Services (3663) (56) (1.52%) Communications 30 3 10% (35) (4) (11.42%) Community 2121 37 1.74% Services (2392) (43) (1.8%) Corporate 177 8 4.52% Commissioning (208) (8) (3.84%) County Council 7 0 0 (0) (0) (0) Customer Access 222 5 2.25% (230) (7) (3.04%) Development & 1134 25 2.20% Corporate (1466) (35) (2.39%) Services Governance, 431 9 2.08% Finance & Public (479) (9) (1.87%) Services Not in Hierarchy 1 0 0 (0) (0) (0) Public Health & 1280 34 2.65% Wellbeing Service (1314) (36) (2.74%) Lancashire County 11647 244 2.09% Council Total (12536) (268) (2.13%) BTLS 427 12 2.81% (455) (12) (2.6%) LCC Total 12074 256 2.10% including BTLS (12991) (280) (2.18%) From feedback from employees there remains a reluctance from some people to disclose a disability because of how they feel colleagues and managers may react – particularly in a time of continued uncertainty around employment within LCC. It
percentage of disabled employees over the last year does, however, seem to have slowed a little. The table below shows the distribution of disabled employees within the LCC workforce by Service as at 31 December 2016, again the previous year's figures are given in brackets below each entry. Service Number of Employees Number of Disabled Employees Percentage of Employees who Consider themselves to have a disability Adult Services 2661 (2662) 68 (72) 2.55% (2.7%) Children's Services 3700 (3663) 55 (56) 1.48% (1.52%) Communications 30 (35) 3 (4) 10% (11.42%) Community Services 2121 (2392) 37 (43) 1.74% (1.8%) Corporate Commissioning 177 (208) 8 (8) 4.52% (3.84%) County Council 7 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) Customer Access 222 (230) 5 (7) 2.25% (3.04%) Development & Corporate Services 1134 (1466) 25 (35) 2.20% (2.39%) Governance, Finance & Public Services 431 (479) 9 (9) 2.08% (1.87%) Not in Hierarchy 1 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) Public Health & Wellbeing Service 1280 (1314) 34 (36) 2.65% (2.74%) Lancashire County Council Total 11647 (12536) 244 (268) 2.09% (2.13%) BTLS 427 (455) 12 (12) 2.81% (2.6%) LCC Total including BTLS 12074 (12991) 256 (280) 2.10% (2.18%) From feedback from employees there remains a reluctance from some people to disclose a disability because of how they feel colleagues and managers may react – particularly in a time of continued uncertainty around employment within LCC. It
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