HC Deb 25 January 1949 vol 460 cc107-8W
110. Mr. Chetwynd

asked the Minister of Labour what was the total number of persons registered as disabled under the Disabled Persons (Employment)

REMPLOY FACTORIES—NORTHERN REGION
I. FACTORIES OPEN AT 31ST DECEMBER, 1948
Location Number employed at 22.12.48 Production
Men Women Total
Cleator Moor … 38 2 40 Agricultural Leatherwork repairs; Industrial Leatherwork; General woodwork; Fly tying.
Darlington (Aycliffe) … 9 — 9 General woodwork.
Newcastle-on-Tyne … 68 4 72* Industrial Leatherwork (gloves, mittens, etc.), Upholstery and furniture repairs.
Spennymoor … 58 — 58 General woodwork.
Stockton-on-Tees … 27 4 31 Bookbinding repairs.
Wallsend … 31 … 31 General woodwork.
*This total includes ten homeworkers—7 men; 3 women.

II. FACTORIES UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT 31ST DECEMBER, 1948
Blyth Sunderland Jarrow West Hartlepool

III. FACTORIES PLANNED
Consett Gateshead Newcastle-on-Tyne†
Crook Jarrow† Whitehaven
Durham Middlesbrough.
†Special factories for the tuberculous.
Act, on 31st December, 1948; what was the number and percentage of such persons unemployed; and the number of those classified as severely disabled and in need of sheltered employment.

Mr. Isaacs

Nine hundred and seven thousand, eight hundred and ninety-nine on 18th October, 1948; the number of registered disabled unemployed on 20th December, 1948, was 70,320 representing 7.7 per cent. of the Register total; of this number 11,180 were classified as severely disabled and in need of sheltered employment.