HC Deb 06 December 1974 vol 882 c653W
Mr. McNamara

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many registered disabled people were unemployed in the Hull area at the latest available date; how this compares at the same time each year from 1970; and how many firms are failing to employ their quota of disabled people.

Mr. Harold Walker

The number of registered disabled people unemployed in the Hull area in October, the latest date for which figures are available, was 843. Previous figures for the same month were:

1970 1,240
1971 1,284
1972 1,321
1973 1,100

In May 1974, the latest date on which information is available, 202 employers in the area failed to employ their quota of registered disabled people.

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