§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Employment how much money has been allocated for use under the scheme of capital grants to employers for workplace adaptations necessary to accommodate disabled people; and of the total, how much money has been disbursed and on how many projects for each year since its inception.
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§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe information requested is as follows:
Year Ending 31 March Allocation £
Amount Disbursed £
Number of projects 1977–78* 500,000 11,040 26 1978–79 300,000 39,196 48 1979–80 330,000 50,090 53 1980–81 381,000 64,233 83 1981–82 150,000 † 16,349 122 * 8 months only † to 31 May
§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the numbers and percentages of (a) young people (b) men (c) women and (d) disabled people as a whole who are registered under section II of tie register under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 21 July 1981, c. 75]: The information requested, as at 9 October, 1980, the latest date at which young people within section II can be separately identified, is set out below. The numbers classified as section II have been expressed as a percentage of all unemployed disabled people.
Disabled people classified as Section II Number As percentage of all unemployed disabled people (a) Young people 401 5.2 (b) Men 9,010 7.3 (c) Women 2,413 9.8 (d) Total 11,824 8.1 Note: Section (ii) of the unemployment register lists unemployed disabled people considered to be capable of work only under sheltered conditions.
§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the average duration of unemployment among those registered under section II of the register under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 21 July 1981, c. 75]: It is not possible to calculate a true average duration of unemployment from statistics available. However, the following table gives an indication at a given time of the numbers and percentages of disabled people classified as section II within specified periods of unemployment. The information is as at 9 October 1980, which is the latest date available.
Number of weeks unemployment Section II disabled people As percentage of total Two or less 202 1.7 Over 2 and up to 4 191 1.6 Over 4 and up to 6 161 1.4 Over 6 and up to 8 156 1.3 Over 8 and up to 13 417 3.5 Over 13 and up to 26 916 7.7 Over 26 and up to 52 1,320 11.2 Over 52 8,461 71.6 11,824 100 Note: Section II of the unemployment register list unemployed people considered to be capable of work only under sheltered conditions.
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§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of places in sheltered employment and the number of registered disabled people under section II of the register under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944 for the latest available date and for each year since 1976: and what is the projected number of places to be offered in sheltered employment schemes for the next three years.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 21 July 1981, c. 75]: The numbers of severely disabled people working in sheltered employment on 31 March 1980, the latest available figure, and on the same date in each of the four preceding years, are given in the following table 1. Table 2 shows for March 1981 and the five preceding
Table 2. Numbers of severely disabled people who were unemployed, in March, in the following years: 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 Registered severely disabled people* 11,634 11,425 10,367 8,709 7,944 7,796 Unregistered severely disabled people† ‡ ‡ 4,094 3,799 3,658 3,890 * "Registered" indicates people who are registered as disabled under section 6 of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944. † "Unregistered" indicates those severely disabled people who choose not to register in this way. ‡ Records not maintained.
§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish for the latest available date the numbers of workers unemployed and percentages of unemployed amongst registered disabled people and the total United Kingdom work force who have been unemployed (a) up to 2 weeks, (b) over 2 and up to 4 weeks, (c) over 4 and up to 6 weeks, (d) over 6 and up to 8 weeks, (e) over 8 and up to 13 weeks, (f) over 13 and up to 26 weeks, (g) over 26 and up to 52 weeks and (h) over 52 weeks.
Number of weeks unemployed Number of registered disabled people unemployed Percentage of total Number of the total Great Britain work-force unemployed Percentage of total (a) Up to 2 weeks 2,648 4.1 170,168 8.6 (b) Over 2 and up to 4 2,320 3.6 158,724 8.0 (c) Over 4 and up to 6 2,209 3.4 151,297 7.7 (d) Over 6 and up to 8 1,819 2.8 111,711 5.7 (e) Over 8 and up to 13 4,395 6.8 252,017 12.8 (f) Over 13 and up to 26 8,481 13.1 431,841 21.9 (g) Over 26 and up to 52 10,538 16.2 318,565 16.1 (h) Over 52 32,548 50.1 378,559 19.2 64,958 100 1,972,982 100