§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will update the table on employment of severely disabled persons given in his answer of 27 May 1988,Official Report, columns 395–6.
§ Mr. LeeInformation on the number of severely disabled workers employed in each employment service region on 31 March 1987, 31 March 1988 and 31 March 1989 is set out in the table.
31 March 1987 31 March 1988 31 March 1989 (a) Remploy South East 329 325 950 London 687 665 South West 521 516 515 West Midlands 672 646 608 East Midlands and Eastern 650 653 647 Yorkshire and Humberside 1,125 1,104 1,019 North West 1,644 1,647 1,595 Northern 909 920 873 Wales 1,504 1,492 1,450 Scotland 1,029 1,072 1,019 (b) Local Advisory Sheltered Provision South East 301 322 1,077 London 640 639 South West 1,034 1,072 1,018 West Midlands 565 617 596 East Midlands and Eastern 672 758 788 Yorkshire and Humberside 556 567 685 North West 666 699 785 Northern 228 235 276 Wales 504 532 551 Scotland 754 833 912