§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were known to be suffering from epilepsy in the United Kingdom in each of the years from 1920 to 1970, inclusive; how many of such sufferers were below the current school-leaving age; how many were retirement pensioners; and of the remainder, how many men and how many women were unemployed.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithI understand from my right hon. Friend the Secretary of
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NUMBERS UNDER 20 YEARS OF AGE REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED AT 11TH JANUARY, 1971 More than 4 weeks (1) More than 13 weeks included in Columns (1) More than 26 weeks included in Columns(1) and (2) More than 52 weeks included in Columns (1),(2)and (3) (1) (2) (3) (4) South East … 5,406 1,473 419 106 East Anglia … 1,143 353 97 32 South Western … 2,677 886 230 75 West Midlands … 2,771 889 335 96 East Midlands … 2,143 770 286 66 Yorkshire and Humberside … 4,148 1,520 505 130 North Western … 6,287 2,410 837 167 Northern … 5,665 2,415 774 227 Scotland … 9,693 3,914 1,467 348 Wales … 3,915 1,519 481 129 State for Social Services that figures of those suffering from epilepsy in the United Kingdom from 1920 to 1970 are not available. Only figures of those capable of remunerative employment who were registered as disabled under the 1944 Disabled Persons (Employment) Act in Great Britain are available. Following is the information from 1961 onwards.
NUMBER OF REGISTERED DISABLED PERSONS WHOSE MAJOR DISABILITY IS EPILEPSY REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED IN APRIL OF EACH YEAR Year Males Females Total April: 1961 1,567 465 2,032 1962 1,824 524 2,348 1963 2,300 646 2,946 1964 2,047 607 2,654 1965 1,774 524 2,298 1966 1,696 450 2,146 1967 2,216 575 2,791 1968 2,595 645 3,240 1969 2,710 569 3,279 1970 2,847 647 3,494 1971 3,170 785 3,955