HC Deb 03 February 1972 vol 830 cc151-2W
16. Mr. Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will improve the methods of advising his local offices of the technologies and technical means by which a handicapped person's communication problems for employment can be overcome; if he will give greater publicity to the needs for problem solving in all his local offices; if he will consider holding a symposium on problem solving for all his officers concerned; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. David Howell

Disablement resettlement officers receive special guidance about deafness and work closely with social workers for the deaf. I am satisfied that disablement resettlement officers are sufficiently informed of technological developments relevant to their resettlement work.

75. Mr. Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what records are kept of the methods by which the specific individual employment problems of the physically handicapped are overcome; how such information is stored and distributed to the various local offices of his Department; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Dudley Smith

A record of every substantially disabled person dealt with by my Department, together with particulars of his resettlement history, is maintained at the local office at which he is registered for employment. Where the solution of an employment problem contains features likely to be of general interest particulars are circulated through regional and sometimes national bulletins. Particular cases are also discussed at case-working sessions during a disablement resettlement officer's advanced training, and also at area and regional group meetings of officers.