§ Mrs. Dunwoodyasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the prospect of creating increased opportunities for the employment of disabled persons in the Crewe and Nantwich area; and what facilities are available in the form of sheltered workshops in that area.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerEmployment opportunities in the area for disabled workers depend largely on its general economic activity. Unemployed disabled people in the area, as elsewhere, benefit, like other unemployed people, from the Government's measures to combat unemployment generally but since they are in an assisted area they also stand to benefit
586Wwere wholly or largely in public ownership for most or all of the period. The estimates for 1974 are for the revised standard region effective from 1st April 1974 and are not fully comparable with estimates for earlier dates.
from the special regional incentives. Disabled workers also have the help of specialist employment and training services,plans for improving and developing which have been announced by the Manpower Services Commission. There are no sheltered workshops in the immediate area.