§ 48. Mr. Kaufmanasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies have been announced in the Manchester travel-to-work area since June, 1970.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithRedundancies involving 21,880 workpeople have been notified to my Department in the Manchester travel-to-work area during the period 9th June, 1970, to 16th May, 1972. inclusive.
§ 49. Mr. Kaufmanasked the Secretary of State for Employment what, respectively, for the months of June, 1970, and May, 1972, in the Manchester travel-to-work area, in absolute figures and, where relevant, percentages, were the total number of unemployed, the number of wholly unemployed, the total number of male adult unemployed, the total number of job vacancies and the number of vacancies for male adults.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the available information:
have registered under the Disabled Persons (Unemployment) Act, 1944; the number of registered disabled people who are unemployed; the percentage of registered disabled people who have been 173W unemployed, and the national average unemployment figure for all workers.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe disabled persons register is counted in April of each
Number of disabled people who have registered under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944 Number of registered disabled people who are unemployed Percentage of registered disabled people who are unemployed Total numbers registered as unemployed in Great Britain(000's) April— 1971*. … … … 620,691 80,172 12.6 773.8 1970 … … … 634,336 72,116 11.4 616.7 1969 … … … 645,545 68,586 10.6 557.7 1968 … … … 654,788 65,350 10.0 578.4 1967 … … … 655,379 58,043 8.9 567.4 1966 … … … 654,483 45,192 6.9 307.5 1965 … … … 658,925 48,317 7.4 341.2 1964 … … … 655,878 56,104 8.6 411.6 1963 … … … 653,362 62,415 9.6 604.6 1962 … … … 656,402 52,323 8.0 438.8 * April, 1972 figures not yet available.
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the figures for each of the last 10 years for the number of firms with over 20 workers; the percentage of such firms which do not fulfilling their 3 per cent. quota of disabled workers; the number of such firms not fulfilling their 3 per cent. quota, and the number of additional jobs that would have been available for registered disabled persons if these firms had fulfilled their quota.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithInformation about quota compliance is given in the following table. The figures for the years 1962 and 1963 are not strictly comparable (see note).
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Year Number of firms with 20 or more workers Percentage of firms in Col. 2 which do not fulfil their 3 per cent. quota of registered disabled workers Number of firms in Col. 2 which do not fulfil the 3 per cent. quota of registered disabled people (1) (2) (3) (4) 1961 … 65,600 38.6 25,340 1962 … 36,593 42.1 15,389 1963 … 35,357 42.1 13,899 1964 … 64,760 45.2 29,271 1965 … 66,361 46.8 31,038 1966 … 65,576 48.3 31,661 1967 … 65,332 52.3 34,176 1968 … 63,903 53.7 34,319 year. The following table sets out the numbers for the last ten years, together with comparable figures for unemployment.
1969 … 63,254 55.5 35,102 1970 … 63,564 57.3 36,396 1971 … 62,537 58.2 36,382 Notes:
Surveys in 1962 and 1963 were made in respect of a selection of firms having a quota obligation with less than 500 staff and all firms with more than 500 staff.
It is not possible to calculate the number of additional jobs becoming available to registered disabled people if all firms with a quota obligation fulfilled it. Surveys have shown that some firms which fail to fulfil their quota could do so if they persuaded all their eligible disabled employees to register under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944. Fulfilment of the quota by such firms would not necessarily make any additional jobs available for disabled people.
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give, for each of the last 10 years, the number of firms with over 20 workers not fulfilling their 3 per cent. quota which were issued with permits enabling them to employ non-disabled people when vacancies arose, and the number of such firms not employing 3 per cent. disabled, which were not issued with permits enabling them to employ non-disabled people when vacancies arose.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThis information is given in the following table. Figures are not available for the years 1961, 1962 and 1963.
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Year Number of firms not fulfilling their 3 per cent. quota who were issued with permits to engage persons not registered as disabled Number of firm not fulfilling their 3 per cent. quota who were not issued with permits to engage persons not registered as disabled 1961 … — — 1962 … — — 1963 … — — 1964 … 15,479 13,792 1965 … 18,510 12,528 1966 … 19,662 11,999 1967 … 21,228 12,948 1968 … 21,021 13,298 1969 … 20,647 14,455 1970 … 22,150 14,246 1971 … 21,534 14,848
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the figures for the last 10 years for the
Year Information Given 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 The number of registered disabled persons in sheltered employment* 11,641 11,701 12,093 12,407 12,292 12,327 12,777 12,808 12,957 12,744 The number of unemployed registered disabled persons who are considered unlikely to obtain employment except under special conditions 5,711 6,166 6,439 6,813 7,351 8,328 8,484 10,049 10,749 12,209 The number of sheltered workshops (including Remploy factories) 202 205 209 207 210 210 209 204 205 208 * During the period, the numbers of blind people in workshops for the blind fell by 1,278 while the numbers of other severely disabled people in sheltered employment rose by about 2,300.
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give, for each of the last 10 years, the total cost of the Government subsidy for sheltered workshops, the average cost per severely disabled worker of the Government subsidy for sheltered workshops, the average earnings of male disabled workers in
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Year 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 £ £ £ £ £ Total cost of Government subsidy for sheltered workshopts. 4,452,083 4,745,834 4,960,239 5,137,203 5,389,529 Average cost per severely disabled worker of Government subsidy for sheltered workshops. 382 406 410 414 438 Average earnings of male disabled workers in Remploy Ltd.* Not available 8.42 10.79 10.95 12.54 Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Percentage relationship of the average earnings of male disabled workers in Remploy Ltd. to average male industrial earnings.* Not available 50.3 59.6 55.9 61.8 number of registered disabled peope in sheltered employment, the number of unemployed registered disabled persons who are considered unlikely to obtain employment except under special conditions, the number of sheltered workshops, the number of local authorities that provide sheltered workshops, and the number of jobs available in sheltered workshops.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAs to the number of local authorities providing sheltered workshops, and the number of jobs available, there are difficulties of definition about which I shall be writing to the hon. Member.
For the rest, the information is as follows:
sheltered workshops, and the percentage relationship of the average earnings of male disabled workers in sheltered indutry to the average male industrial earnings.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
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Year 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 £ £ £ £ £ Total cost of Government subsidy for sheltered workshops. 5,723,041 6,337,428 7,116,319 8,397,118 8,602,689 Average cost per severely disabled worker of Government subsidy for sheltered workshops. 464 496 556 648 675 Average earnings of male disabled workers in Remploy Ltd.* 12.75 13.13 14.71 16.17 17.60 Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Percentage relationship of the average earnings of male disabled workers in Remploy Ltd. to average male industrial earnings.* 59.6 57.1 59.2 57.6 56.9 * No figures are available for average earnings in other sheltered workshops. The Remploy figures relate to a 40 hour week, but actual earnings and hours are very slightly less. The average male industrial earnings figures used for comparison relate to a higher figure of average hours worked (varying from 47 in 1962 to 44.7 in 1971).
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the names of all those who have been members of the National Advisory Council for the Employment of the Disabled during the last 10 years, giving for each member his credentials, his date of appointment, the number of meetings attended since appointment, and the proportion of meetings since the date of appointment that have been attended.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe Council is reconstituted every three years and I think no useful purpose would be served by referring to the composition of the Council over the last 10 years. I would, however, refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 28th March to the hon. Member for Kensington, South (Sir B. Rhys Williams) regarding present membership and the length of service of individual members. In accordance with the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act, 1944, the Council includes equal numbers of persons appointed after consultation with employers' and workers' organisations respectively and others, including members of the medical profession, who have a wide interest in disablement resettlement problems. The Council meets quarterly and meetings are well attended. To comment publicly on individual attendance records would be invidious and I do not propose to do so.—[Vol. 834, c. 73–4.]