§ Mr. Nicholas WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will give a breakdown by nature and severity of disabilty of the numbers of disabled people who are currently registered in England and Wales;
(2) how many of those individuals registered disabled in England and Wales experience mobility problems; how many are confined to wheelchairs; and what information she has as to the extent of mobility problems experienced by those registered disabled persons with such mobility problems, but who are not confined to wheelchairs.
§ Mr. BowisThe number of persons who are registered as having a physical disability in England at 31 March 1993 by category of disability was published in "Registers of Physically Disabled Persons (General Classes) (A/F/93/19), a copy of which is available in the Library. Information on mobility problems and wheelchair use is not available centrally.
Information relating to Wales is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.