HC Deb 04 July 1975 vol 894 cc574-85W
Mr. Moate

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the sheltered workshops on a county-by-county basis.

Mr. Harold Walker

The following table lists the sheltered workshops or factories in Great Britain county by county. Only those which are fully operational have been included.

County Run by the local authority Run by a voluntary body as the agent of the local authority Run by a voluntary body independently Remploy Ltd.
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
Greater London
Barking — — — Barking
Brent — Royal London Society for the Blind. — —
Camden St. Pancras Sheltered Workshop. — — —
Croydon Crosfield Industrial Unit. — — —
Ealing — — — Acton.
Greenwich — — — Kidbrooke.
Hackney — Incorporated Association for Promoting the General Welfare of the Blind. — —
Hammersmith — — Lord Roberts Workshops. —
Haringey Haringey Sheltered Workshop. — — —
Islington — — — Holloway.
Lambeth — — — Brixton.
Newham London Borough of Newham Municiple Workshop. — — — —
— —
Southwark — Royal School for the Blind.
— Blind Employment Factory. — —
—. London Association for the Blind. — —
English Metropolitan
Counties
Greater Manchester Bolton Industries for the Disabled (Blind), Bolton. Workshops for the Blind, Oldham. — Bolton.
Wigan, Leigh & District Society for the Blind, Wigan. Denton.
SELNEC (Local Authority) Workshop, (Blind) Manchester. Manchester.
Oldham.
Cheadle Royal Industries Ltd. Radcliffe.
Salford.
Wigan.
Merseyside St. Helens Corporation Workshops for the Blind (Incorporated). Sir Robert Jones Workshops, Liverpool. Lord Roberts Workshops, Liverpool. Aintree.
Liverpool Workshops and Birkenhead Society for the Blind. St. Helens.
Wallasey.
South Yorkshire Barnsley Light Industries. — — Barnsley.
City of Sheffield Welfare of the Blind Department. Rotherham.
Sheffield (2).
Danum Light Industries, Doncaster. — —
Tyne and Wear Workshop for the Adult Blind (Palatine Products) Newcastle. — — Gateshead.
Jarrow.
"Sunelm Products" Sunderland. Newcastle.
Sunderland.\
County Run by the local authority Run by a voluntary body as the agent of the local authority Run by a voluntary body independently Remploy Ltd.
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
West Midlands City of Birmingham Industrial Centre for the Blind. Industries for the Blind and Disabled, Wolverhampton. Meadway Works Birmingham (The Spastics Society). Coventry.
Birmingham.
Walsall County Borough and Staffordshire County Council Institution and Workshop for the Blind.
West Yorkshire "ISCO 5" comprising—Bradford, Dewsbury, Huddersfield, Leeds and Wakefield blind workshops. — — Bradford.
Halifax.
Huddersfield.
Leeds (2).
Pontefract.
Wakefield.
English Non-Metropolitan Counties
Avon Bath Sheltered Workshop. Bristol Royal Workshops for the Blind. Industrial Therapy Organisation (Bristol) Limited. Bristol (2).
Bedfordshire — Lu Dun Ltd., Dunstable. — —
The Incorporated Association for Promoting the General Welfare of the Blind, Luton.
Dorset Bournemouth Workshop for the Disabled. — — Poole.
Durham — — — Aycliffe.
Spennymoor.
East Sussex Barclay Workshop, Brighton. — — —
Essex — — — Southend.
Gloucestershire Alpha Works, Cinderford. — Camphill Village Trust, Newnham. Lydney.
Ardent Works, Cheltenham.
Prospect Works, Gloucester.
Hampshire Mount Industries, Eastleigh. — Enham Industries, Andover. Portsmouth.
City of Portsmouth Workshop for the Disabled (Blind Workshop). Yateley Industries, Near Camberley. Southampton.
Hertfordshire — The Watford Sheltered Workshop Limited. — —
Humberside — South Humberside and Lindsey Blind Society, Scunthorpe. — Hull (2).
Hull and East Riding Institute for the Blind, Hull.
County Run by the local authority Run by a voluntary body as the agent of the local authority Run by a voluntary body independently Remploy Ltd.
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
Kent … — — Royal British Legion Industries, Maidstone. —
Lancashire … Mill Hill Sheltered Workshop, Handicraft and Social Centre (Blackburn Blind Workshop). Blackpool and Fylde Society for the Blind, Blackpool. — Blackburn.
Burnley.
… The Workshop of the Institute for Blind Welfare, Preston. — Preston.
Cambridgeshire … Westcombe Industrial Unit, Peterborough. — Papworth Industries. —
Cheshire … Workshop for the Disabled (Blind Workshop) Warrington. Chester Blind Welfare Society, Chester. Barrowmore Industries, Great Barrow. —
Cleveland … — The Hartlepools Workshops for the Blind. — Hartlepool.
Stockton.
Teesside and District Institute for the Blind.
Cornwall … — Cornwall Disabled Association, Rentoul Workshop, Truro. — Redruth.
Cumbria … Cumbria Industries for Disabled People, Carlisle. — — Barrow.
Cleator Moor.
Derbyshire … — — — Alfreton.
Chesterfield.
Devon … Ivor Thomas Sheltered Workshop, Barnstaple. — St. Loyes College, Exeter. Plymouth.
… Plymouth Sheltered Workshop.
Torbay Industrial Services, Paignton.
City of Exeter Workshops for the Disabled (Blind Workshop).
South Devon and Cornwall Institution for the Blind, Plymouth.
Leicestershire … — The Royal Leicestershire, Rutland and Wycliffe Society for the Blind, Leicester. — —
Norfolk … — The Norwich Institution for the Blind, Norwich. — Norwich.
Northamptonshire … Nordis Industries, Northampton. Northampton and County Association for the Blind. — —
County Run by the local authority Run by a voluntary body as the agent of the local authority Run by a voluntary body independently Remploy Ltd.
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
Northumberland … — — — Ashington.
North Yorkshire … The York Workshop for the Blind. — The Camphill Village Trust, Botton Estate, Whitby. York.
Nottinghamshire … Sherwood Industries, Mansfield. Royal Midland Institution for the Blind, Nottingham. — Mansfield.
Worksop.
Portland Training College for the Disabled, Mansfield.
Oxfordshire … Oxfordshire County Council Workshop for the Blind and Handicapped. — — —
Somerset … Somerset County Enterprises, Bridgwater. — — —
Staffordshire … Newpak Products, Newcastle-under-Lyme. — — Newcastle.
Stoke.
… City of Stoke on Trent Workshop for the Blind (Challenge Products). Trentham.
Suffolk … Granville Workshops (Blind), Ipswich. — — —
Surrey … — Royal School for the Blind, Leather-head. Dorincourt Industries, Leatherhead. —
Lord Roberts Workshop, Woking.
The Grange Training Centre and Workshop for the Handicapped, Bookham.
Thermega Ltd, Leatherhead.
Wiltshire … Enterprise Works, Swindon. — — —
… Shelwork Industries, Salisbury.
Welsh Counties
Clwyd … — — — Wrexham.
Dyfed … Llanelli. Carmarthenshire Blind Society, Llanelli Branch. — Brynamman.
Gwent … Monwel Hankinson Group, Newport Branch. — — Abertillery.
Blackwood.
… Monwel Hankinson Group, Pontypool Branch.
… Monwel Hankinson Group, Tredegar Branch.
Gwynedd … Llangefni. — — —

County Run by the local authority Run by a voluntary body as the agent of the local authority Run by a voluntary body independently Remploy Ltd.
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
Mid Glamorgan … Glamorgan County Council Workshops for the Blind, Pontypridd. Merthyr Tydfil Institution for the Blind, Merthyr Tydfil. — Merthyr.
Porth.
Glamorgan County Council Workshops for the Blind, Rhondda. Pentre.
Tonyrefail.
Treforest.
Aberdare.
Bridgend.
Powys … — Cambrian Factory Ltd, Llanwrtyd Wells. — Ystradgynlais.
South Glamorgan … — Cardiff Institute for the Blind (Incorporated) Cardiff. — —
West Glamorgan … Swansea and South Wales Workshop for the Blind, Swansea. — — Neath.
Swansea.
SCOTTISH REGIONS
Highland … — Northern Counties Institute for the Blind (Blindcraft Scotland) Inverness. Haven Products Ltd, Inverness. —
Grampian … — The Royal Aberdeen Workshop (Blindcraft Scotland). Camphill Village Trust, Newton Dee, Aberdeen. Aberdeen.
Tayside … — The Royal Dundee Institution (Blindcraft Scotland). — Dundee.
Lord Roberts Workshop, Dundee.
Fife … — — — Buckhaven.
Cowdenbeath.
Lothian … Edinburgh Corporation Social Work Department, Craigmillar Works, Edinburgh (Blind). Scottish Braille Press, Edinburgh (Blind). Lord Roberts Workshops, Edinburgh. Edinburgh.
Scottish Council for the Care of Spastics Edinburgh.
Central … Cobur Sheltered Workshop, Falkirk. — — Stirling.
Strathclyde … The Royal Glasgow Workshop for the Blind (Blindcraft, Scotland). — Princess Louise Scottish Hospital, Bishopton. Motherwell.
Rutherglen
Haven Products Ltd, Largs. Springburn.
… Beltane Products. Haven Products Ltd, Glasgow. Anniesland.
Scottish Epilepsy Association, Seaborn Industries, Glasgow. Hillington.
Hansel Village Ltd, Kilmarnock.

Mr. Moate

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what representations he has received about the construction of a sheltered workshop in the Medway health district; what is the Government's policy in connection with the construction of new workshops of this kind; what funds are available for this purpose; and what priority the Government attach to these facilities.

Mr. Harold Walker

The main representations received on this matter have been from the Chatham and District Disablement Advisory Committee, the Association of Kent Societies for Mentally Handicapped Children and the Medway District Community Health Council. My Department's policy is to support the expansion of sheltered employment facilities where the need has been demonstrated, where the project is viable, and where the resources are available. Remploy's building programme is entirely financed by my Department. In the case of voluntary body or local authority workshops my Department normally contributes up to 75 per cent. of approved capital costs. The priority given to the construction of sheltered factories and workshops depends upon the circumstances of the case and upon the competing claims for public funds.

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