§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he is aware of the low earnings of workers in certain sheltered workshops; what advice his Department offers to the authorities run- 184W ning sheltered workshops; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe earning capacity of severely disabled people in sheltered workshop is limited. My Department's advice to authorities setting up new sheltered workshops is to pay the wage rates nationally negotiated between the workers and management of Remploy Ltd., which employs considerably more than half of all severely disabled workers in sheltered workshops.