§ Dr. Marshallasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will seek to amend the Second Schedule to the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944 in respect of district advisory committees, to enable duly appointed deputies of members to attend committee meetings with a right to vote.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithNo. As members of disablement advisory committees are appointed by the Secretary of State not only to advise him on the general resettlement situation for disabled people in their districts but also to carry out certain executive functions under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944 it is undesirable that their responsibilities should be transferred to deputies.
§ Mr. Bishopasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many registered disabled persons are unemployed in the 42W areas of Newark Borough, Newark Rural District Council and Southwell Rural District Council; what percentage they represent of the total disabled register; how this compares with the percentage of all persons registered as unemployed; and how many firms in the area are failing to fulfil their statutory quota.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithOn 12th March 1973, 88 registered disabled people or 18.6 per cent, of the total disabled register were unemployed in the Newark employment exchange area. On the same date, the total number of unemployed people, excluding those regarded as unlikely to obtain work except under sheltered conditions, represented 4.2 per cent, of the estimated number of employees in the area. At 31st May 1972, the latest date for which figures are available, 24 firms in the area were not employing their quota of disabled people.