§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many workers in Dundee were supported by (a) temporary employment subsidy and (b) the temporary short-time working compensation scheme from its introduction to 31 March.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe information requested is given in the table below:
I understand that the Scottish Bus Group can usually carry a folding wheelchair in the boot of its single-deck buses and, if given advance notice of a proposed journey, would do its best to assist the disabled person on and off. However, the Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive and the local authorities which operate bus services have no facilities for wheelchair users, and the Glasgow Underground is also unsuitable for their use because of the risk of danger in the severely restricted space to the disabled and other passengers. There are normally no difficulties about carrying wheelchair passengers by ferry or British Railways trains.