HC Deb 16 July 2002 vol 389 cc271-2W
Mr. Laurence Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many elected local government councillors are registered disabled; and if he will make a statement. [61949]

Mr. Raynsford

I have been asked to reply.

There is no longer a register of disabled people. However, the 2001 National Census of Local Authority Councillors in England and Wales carried out by the Improvement and Development Agency indicates that just over 13 per cent. of [the 21,2681 councillors consider themselves to have a disability.