§ 79. Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish details for Great Britain of the number and percentage of people with disabilities of working age who are unemployed.
§ Mr. EggarThe most recent estimate is that there are about 285,000 people with disabilities who are economically active and want but are not in work. This is 22 per cent. of the total. This information was obtained in summer 1989 during a survey commissioned by my Department into the numbers and characteristics of people with disabilities in the labour market. The figure is compiled on a basis different from that used to produce the monthly claimant-based statistics, so is not exactly comparable with general unemployment figures.
§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish details for Great Britain and for the west midlands region, for each year from April 1986 to the most recent date, of the number and percentage of YTS leavers who on leaving YTS were unemployed(a) in total and (b) with disabilities.
§ Mr. NichollsThe information is as follows:
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All leavers Disabled leavers West mid-lands Great Britain West mid-lands Great Britain April 1986 to March 1987 Number 2,739 19,761 73 761 Percentage 25.0 26.6 42.7 40.8 April 1987 to March 1988 Number 4,542 42,478 339 2,804 Percentage 12.2 14.6 36.0 32.9 April 1988 to March 1989 Number 2,853 27,381 186 1,738 Percentage 11.6 14.0 31.4 30.6 April 1989 to January 19901 Number 2,358 22,521 126 1,346 Percentage 11.6 13.1 25.0 28.6 1 Subject to revision. Source: Respondents to YT Follow-Up Survey.
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what information he has as to what percentage of the work force employed by British Coal registered as disabled.
§ Mr. EggarAs at 1 June 1989, 0.4 per cent. of the work force of British Coal were registered disabled, as published in theEmployment Gazette in February 1990.