HC Deb 23 February 1979 vol 963 cc345-6W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many disabled people in (a) Merseyside, (b) Kirkby and (c) Ormskirk have received allowances to go on employment rehabilitation courses.

Mr. John Grant

I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the number of disabled people in these areas who have received allowances to go on employment rehabilitation courses are as follows:

12 months ended 2February 1979:
(a) Merseyside 489
(b) Kirkby 42
(c) Ormskirk 15
12 months ended 2 February 1978:
(a) Merseyside 455
(b) Kirkby 39
(c) Ormskirk 4