Mr. Watkinsasked the Minister of Labour the total number of people employed in each of the Remploy
Name of Factory Strength at 5th January, 1954 Strength at 4th January, 1955 No. of Severely disabled employees over 60 years of age employed on 7th December, 1954‡ No. of severely disabled workers Managerial, clerical, supervisory, and auxiliary staff* Total No. of severely disabled workers Managerial, clerical, supervisory, and auxiliary staff‡ Total Abertillery … 69 16 85 82 13 95 15 Blackwood … 62 17 79 60 13 73 12 Bridgend … 165 44 209 170 38 208 22 Brynamman … 56 13 69 55 10 65 11 Merthyr … 119 36 155 126 28 154 19 Neath … 28 15 43 49 17 66 4 Pentre … 68 16 84 59 16 75 15 Porth … 83 26 109 81 27 108 10 Swansea … 103 31 134 98 28 126 26 Tonyrefail … 77 18 95 79 15 94 21 Treforest … 115 37 152 105 32 137 20 Wrexham … 55 21 76 59 15 74 4 Ystradgynlais … 46 13 59 44 11 55 18 TOTALS … 1,046 303 1,349 1,067 263 1,330 197 * Includes 12 per cent. registered disabled persons. † Includes 14 per cent. registered disabled persons. ‡ The figures in this column are derived from a special survey of the age distribution of Remploy staff, and comparable figures for any later date are not available. At the above-mentioned factories 35 able-bodied men have been declared redundant within the last six months.