§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will indicate Her Majesty's Government's approach to the Jay report on mental handicap nursing and care; and what recommendations he intends to accept.
§ Dr. VaughanThe report of the committee of inquiry into mental handicap nursing and care, chaired by Mrs. Peggy Jay, sets out a series of far-reaching and, in some cases, controversial recommendations. A number of statutory and voluntary organisations as well as professional
Region Total registered unemployed claiming benefit or credits Number of persons who had exhausted entitlement to flat-rate benefit Column (3) as a percentage of Column (2) (1) (2) (3) (4) South-East … … … 256,000 61,000 23.8 East Anglia … … … 29,000 8,000 27.0 South-West … … … 93,000 25,000 27.2 West Midlands … … … 111,000 31,000 28.1 East Midlands … … … 65,000 19,000 28.9 Yorkshire and Humberside 111,000 31,000 28.1 North-West … … … 183,000 57,000 31.0 North … … … 110,000 34,000 31.2 Wales … … … 82,000 23,000 28.4 Scotland … … … 169,000 48,000 28.2 Great Britain … … 1,209,000 337,000 27.9 Source: Department of Employment statistics—analysis of the registered unemployed for the quarter ended 9 November 1978 (latest available date).