§ Miss Wrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many firms in Birmingham have been granted a permit not to employ the 3 per cent. quota of disabled workers; and what were the reasons given.
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§ Mr. Jim LesterI am advised by the Manpower Services Commission that on 1 June 1979 535 or 37.4 per cent. of employers subject to quota in the employment office areas approximating to the city of Birmingham had been issued with permits to engage workers not registered as disabled. Permits are issued to employers, not satisfying their quota obligation, who wish to engage staff when there are no suitable registered disabled people available. The issue of a permit does not exempt an employer from the requirement to employ his quota of registered disabled people.