HC Deb 07 July 1969 vol 786 c195W
Mr. Moonman

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what is her latest estimate of the number of places required in sheltered employment for the mentally ill; and by what date it will be provided.

Mr. Fernyhough

The number of mentally ill persons registered at employment exchanges and considered unlikely to obtain employment except under sheltered conditions was 863 on 14th April, 1969.

Provision can normally best be made through the expansion of facilities for the severely disabled in general, and this is under constant review.