§ 61. Sir R. Thompsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he has now received the results of his investigation into the nature and scale of services for the permanently disabled available in certain countries of the European Economic Community; how these arrangements compare with services provided in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.
§ Sir K. JosephI have received the report by my departmental study team and I am placing a copy in the Library. The report illustrates the wide variety of provision for the disabled in the various countries visited, and shows the difficulties of making useful comparisons between the arrangements in different countries, because of the major variations in social, economic and industrial circumstances. But the information collected will certainly be helpful in considering future developments in this country.