§ Mr. Dellasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many men and women who are unlikely to obtain work except under sheltered conditions were unemployed in Birkenhead, Merseyside and nationally on the latest available 462W date; and how many such persons were at that date employed under sheltered conditions.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithOn 11th October the numbers registered as unemployed and unlikely to obtain work, except under sheltered conditions were:
Birkenhead 52 men 1 woman Merseyside 246 men 22 women Great Britain 10,342 men 1,442 women The corresponding numbers of people then in sheltered employment were:
Merseyside 393 Great Britain 12,883 There is no sheltered employment in Birkenhead but it is provided in Wallasey—for the Wirral generally—both by Remploy Limited and a voluntary body.