§ Mr. Ovendenasked the Secretary of State for Employment what priority he is giving in the programme of measures to alleviate unemployment to the needs of disabled people requiring assistance with transport if they are to secure and remain in employment.
§ Mr. John GrantI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the review of the fares to work scheme, announced in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent, South (Mr. Ashley) on 7th December 1976 is being actively pursued as a matter of some priority.—[Vol. 922, c. 174–75.]
This is a review of an ongoing scheme and while the scheme helps certain disabled people to secure and retain employment the review does not form part of the programme of measures being taken to relieve unemployment.