Mr. Jim Callaghanasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the figures of the disabled unemployed in Bury and Rochdale county districts in 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978.
§ Mr. John GrantI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the information requested is set out in the table below.
The numbers of unemployed registered disabled people are given for December of each year, together with the percentage they represent of the total register of 521W disabled people for each district. It is possible to give the numbers of unregistered disabled people for 1977 and
Bury Metropolitan District Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Registered disabled people Unregistered disabled people Registered disabled people Unregistered disabled people December 1975 180(9.7%) — 649(20.4%) — December 1976* 177(9.9%) — 660(20.9%) — December 1977 202(11.2%) 107 672(20.7%) 208 December 1978 157(9.6%) 127 564(18.1%) 193 * Estimated. No statistics were produced in December 1976 due to an industrial dispute.