§ Mr. G. Robertsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many workers are employed by the Forestry Commission in Wales and in the Lleyn Forest, respectively; how many of these, in both cases, are registered under the Disabled Persons Act; and what percentage of the whole, in both cases, the numbers of disabled represents.
§ Mr. Scott-HopkinsThe following table gives the information required:
— Wales Lleyn Forest Number of industrial workers employed by the Forestry Commission 2,693 40 Number of workers included above who are registered under the Disabled Persons Act 18 NIL Workers registered under the Act as a percentage of total workers 0.67 —
§ Mr. G. Robertsasked the Minister of Agriculture. Fisheries and Food how 69W many workers in the Lleyn Forest operated by the Forestry Commission were established from 1951 onwards; in which years they became established; how many of these were Grade II workers at the time of their establishment; and if he will give comparable figures for Wales as a whole.
§ Mr. Scott-HopkinsThe numbers of workers established since 1951 are as follows:
Wales Lleyn 1951 … … 21 — 1952 … … 43 — 1953 … … 73 — 1954 … … 126 — 1955 … … 79 — 1956 … … 10 — 1957 … … 10 — 1958 … … 46 1 1959 … … 34 — 1960 … … 43 — 1961 … … 149 5 1962 … … 18 1 1963 … … 11 — 1964 … … 6 — 669 7 96 of the workers established in Wales were Grade II at the time of their establishment; none of these were at Lleyn Forest.
§ Mr. G. Robertsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to what extent the Forestry Commission consults representatives of forestry workers when applications for establishment are considered.
§ Mr. Scott-HopkinsThe basis for selection of forest workers for establishment has been agreed by the Industrial and Trade Council of the Forestry Commission. The Forestry Commission does not consult representatives of forest workers over individual cases.
Any eligible worker may appeal against the refusal of his claim for establishment either directly to the Commission or through his trade union.