§ Mr. Mainwaringasked the Minister of Labour the number of disabled persons employed at the Remploy Factory, Porth, in 1951–52 and the latest available date.
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§ Mr. WatkinsonFigures are not available for 1st June, 1953, but the following table shows the numbers of wholly unemployed persons on the registers of the Ferndale, Porth, Tonypandy and Treorchy employment exchanges and the Tonypandy youth employment office at 15th June, 1953.
§ Mr. WatkinsonThe number of registered disabled persons who are unemployed at 18th May, 1953, the latest date for which figures are available, together with the numbers at the corresponding dates in 1952 and 1951 is:
§ Mr. WatkinsonThe number of severely disabled persons employed at the Remploy Factory, Porth, was as follows:
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May, 1951 100 May, 1952 95 May, 1953 85
§ Mr. Mainwaringasked the Minister of Labour what has been the cost per head in operating the Remploy Factory at Porth, together with the annual loss; and to what factors the loss may be attributed.
§ Mr. WatkinsonIt would not be in the best interests either of Remploy Limited or of the disabled employees that information about the operating costs of individual factories should be published. The profit or loss on any factory varies from time to time according to the trading position.