British Coal (Disabled Employees) (Hansard, 6 December 1989)

§ Mr. Redmond
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what information he has as to what percentage of the work force employed by British Coal are registered as disabled.

§ Mr. Eggar
As at 1 June 1988, 0.4 per cent. of the work force of British Coal were registered disabled, as published in theEmployment Gazette in May 1989. Figures for 1989 will be published early in the new year.

§ Ms. Short
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he has any plans to designate employment training as an approved training scheme in 1990–91.

§ Mr. Nicholls
My Department has no plans to designate employment training as an approved training scheme.

§ Ms. Short
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he has any plans to make refusal of a place on employment training evidence that a claimant is not actively seeking work.

§ Mr. Eggar
My right hon. Friend has no such plans. Employment training offers a valuable route back into work which all long-term unemployed people would do well to consider. Well over 500,000 people have already benefited from training on the programme.