HC Deb 16 December 1968 vol 775 cc256-7W
101. Mr. Fred Evans

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what proportion of the 3.8 per cent. of the population in Wales registered as disabled are actually in employment.

Mr. Fernyhough

This information is not available, but of the 41,313 registered disabled persons in Wales 6,005, or 14.5 per cent. were registered as unemployed on 11th November, 1968.

102. Mr. Fred Evans

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what is the total number of persons employed and the number of such persons who are registered as disabled in the offices of the local authorities, the local offices of her Department, the offices of the hospital management committee, and the local offices of the General Post Office, respectively, in the Caerphilly constituency.

Mr. Fernyhough

It is not the practice to make public information of this kind relating to employers who have an obligation to employ a quota of registered disabled persons under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act, 1944. I am, however, prepared to provide the information in respect of my own Department and the General Post Office. This is not readily available, but I am arranging for it to be collected, and I will write to my hon. Friend when it becomes available.