HC Deb 01 May 1996 vol 276 c540W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what he has made of the number of disabled people, by category, in each of the local authorities in Wales. [26969]

Mr. Richards

No estimates have been made of the numbers of disabled people by category in each local authority. Information currently available relating to the number of disabled persons registered under section 29 of the National Assistance Act 1948 in each of the former county councils is given in the following table. Similar information has been requested from each local authority and will be available later in 1996.

Home entrants to higher education in higher education institutions in the UK 1995–96 (provisional)
Ethnic group Percentage1
White 87.4
Black Caribbean 1.4
Black African 1.9
Black other 0.6
Indian 3.0
Pakistani 1.6
Bangladeshi 0.4
Chinese 0.8
Asian other 1.2
Other 1.6
All students 100.0
1 Based on those students for whom ethnicity information was collected/provided.