HC Deb 02 March 1972 vol 832 c146W
42. Mrs. Knight

asked the Secretary of State for Employment in view of the rule that sheltered workshops must be financially viable, if he will now alter the requirement that sheltered workshops can only employ those incapable of employment in industry.

Mr. Dudley Smith

There is no such rule. Trading deficits of sheltered workshops met from central and local government funds in the year ended 31st March, 1970, amounted to no less than £8.2 million. The second part of the Question does not therefore arise.