HC Deb 15 January 1974 vol 867 cc341-2
2. Mr. Greville Janner

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will take steps to promote employment in the Leicester area for disabled young people.

The Under-Secretary of State for Employment (Mr. Nicholas Scott)

Careers officers of the youth employment service in Leicester, as in other areas, are responsible for helping disabled young people to secure employment and can call on a wide range of facilities and support.

Mr. Janner

I s the Minister aware that, despite the ability of the disablement officers to call on others for help, it remains extremely difficult to place disabled people in work, particularly if they are suffering from multiple disablements? Is he also aware that happily, thanks to medical science, many more seriously disabled people are living longer? What do the Government propose to do to help such people to have a dignified and useful life?

Mr. Scott

Perhaps I should make it clear that the latest statistics show that there are no registered disabled young people unemployed in the Leicester area. In spite of that, however, representatives of the local authority and Remploy have recently co-operated in a survey of sheltered facilities in the Leicester area, and meetings will be taking place to consider the results of that investigation.