§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the total numbers of disabled people employed in sheltered employment by (a) Remploy, (b) workshops for the blind, (c) local authorities and (d) voluntary organisations; and what was the number employed in enclaves, at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. John Grant, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 15 March 1979; Vol. 964, c. 309], gave the following information:
Number of severely Disabled People employed at 31 March 1978 Remploy 7,894 Workshops for the blind* 1,875 Local authority workshops (excluding workshops for the blind) 2,260 Voluntary organisation workshops 1,123 Sheltered Industrial Group (previously called enclaves) 159 More up-to-date information is available for Remploy and as at the 2 February 1979, the Company employed 8,224 severely disabled people.
340W* Workshops for the blind are either administed by local authorites or by voluntary bodies as agents for local authorities.