HC Deb 02 June 1980 vol 985 cc488-9W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing for each region of England, and for Wales and Scotland, the number of registered disabled persons of working age, the number of disablement resettlement officers and the ratio of cases per officer, for the latest point at which information is available.

Mr. Jim Lester

[pursuant to his reply, 23 May 1980, c. 433]: I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the number of registered disabled people of working age by regions at 21 April 1980 is as shown in the following table A. The information as at 31 March

TABLE A
Department of Employment Region Number of registered disabled people
ENGLAND:
South West 36,150
Yorkshire and Humberside 46,551
NorthWest 70,194
North 32,137
South East 118,981
East Anglia 13,484
West Midlands 48,336
East Midlands 31,135
WALES 29,828
SCOTLAND 43,792
TOTAL 470,588

TABLE B
Employment Service Division Area Number of disabled people seeking employment Disablement resettlement officers in post* Ratio of cases per disablement resettlement officer
(a) Registered (b) Unregistered
ENGLAND:
North East 4,132 6,032 34 299
East Pennine 5,785 9,827 57 274
East Midlands 3,688 4,701 32 262
North West 2,749 1,840 23 200
Manchester 4,348 3,935 35 237
Merseyside 4,690 2,646 26 293
Western 1,777 2,699 18 249
West Midlands 6,024 9,253 47 325
London North West 1,277 3,310 19 241
London North East 2,351 3,188 19 292
London South 2,143 4,165 25 252
South East 2,686 3,642 23 275
Southern 2,749 3,064 21 277
Eastern 3,848 3,895 31 250
South West 3,054 3,653 22 305
WALES 3,584 5,067 38 228
SCOTLAND 5,530 8,115 68 201
*The figures shown include the number of blind persons resettlement officers.