§ Mr. Harold Walkerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many registered disabled persons are unemployed in the Doncaster travel-to-work area; what percentage these represent of the total disabled register; and how this compares with the percentage of all persons registered as unemployed.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithOn 12th March 1973, 617 registered disabled people, or 181 per cent. of the total register, were unemployed in the Doncaster travel-to-work area. On the same date the total
166Wemployment exchange areas. Following is the available information:
June 1970, since March 1972 and since September 1972.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkThe following table shows the percentage increases in the main components of the General Index of Retail Prices:
number of unemployed persons, excluding those regarded as unlikely to obtain work except under sheltered conditions, represented 4.6 per cent. of the estimated number of employees in the area.
§ Mr. Harold Walkerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many firms in the Doncaster travel-to-work area are failing to fulfil their statutory quota obligation in respect of disabled persons.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt 31st May 1972, the latest date for which individual area figures are available, 92 firms in this area were not employing their quota of disabled people.