HC Deb 20 March 1975 vol 888 cc535-6W
Mr. Wrigglesworth

asked the Pay-master-General when, and at what expense, he expects his office to install new computers.

Registered Disabled People
Year (April) Number registered Number unemployed Percentage unemployed National unemployment rate for all workers
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1970 … … … 634,336 72,116 11.4 2.6
1971 … … … 620,691 80,172 12.6 3.3
1972 … … … 610,107 91,063 14.9 4.1
1973 … … … 597,305 77,360 13.0 3.0
1974 … … … 574,640 63,375 11.0 2.8

Mr. Ashley

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give, for each of the last five years (i) the number of firms with over 20 workers, (ii) the number and percentage of such firms not fulfilling the 3 per cent. quota of disabled workers, (iii) the number of firms issued with per-

Year (May) Number of firms with 20 or more workers Number of firms in column (2) which did not fulfil their 3 per cent. quota Column (3) expressed as a percentage of column (2) Number of firms below quota issued with permits in the preceding 12 months Number of firms below quota for which no permits had been issued in the preceding 12 months
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1970 … … … 63,564 36,396 57.3 22,150 14,246
1971 … … … 62,537 36,382 58.2 21,534 14,848
1972 … … … 60,179 34,794 57.8 25,875 8,919
1973 … … … 57,868 33,779 58.4 25,554 8,225
1974 … … … 55,213 33,106 60.0 23,030 10,076

Mr, Ashley

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give for the

Mr. Dell

The Paymaster-General's office computer system is due for phased replacement between 1977 and 1979. Total hardware costs will amount to some £3 million at 1975 prices; approximately half this cost is attributable to banking.

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