§ Mr. McQuarrieasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many registered disabled persons on the lists of the Manpower Services Commission secured gainful employment in the years 1979 and 1980 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonInformation is not available in the form requested. Manpower Services Commission statistics show by operational year those disabled people who are placed into employment by the specialist disablement resettlement service. Statistics for Northern Ireland are not available.
The number of registered disabled people placed into employment by the resettlement service in England, Scotland and Wales in the 1978–79 and 1979–80 operational years are shown below:
England Scotland Wales Total 1978–79 28,847 3,255 2,146 34,248 1979–80 27,960 3,012 2,020 32,992
§ Mr. McQuarrieasked the Secretary of State for Employment what steps are taken by his Department to publicise the fact to disabled persons that they should be registered with the Manpower Services Commission.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonRegistration as a disabled person is voluntary, but the Manpower Services Commission's disablement resettlement officers advise individual disabled people of the benefits of registration. An MSC leaflet is available to unemployed and employed disabled people which sets out the benefits of registration, application procedures and other services available under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944.
§ Mr. McQuarrieasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many inspections of employers' records were carried out by officers of the Manpower Services Commission concerning the statutory requirement to employ a 3 per cent. quota of the work force from the list of registered disabled persons in the years 1979 and 1980.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison2,079 such inspections were carried out in 1979 and 2,181 in 1980 in accordance with the provisions of Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944.
§ Mr. McQuarrieasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons are on the register of employable disabled at the Manpower Services Commission headquarters in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonInformation is not available in the precise form requested as the Manpower Services Commission's activities do not extend to Northern Ireland. In April 1980, the latest date for which figures are available, the numbers on the register of disabled people maintained at the employment service division jobcentres and employment offices, and applicable to employable disabled people, are as follows:
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England 396,968 Scotland 45,792
Wales 29,828 Total 470,588
§ Mr. McQuarrieasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report the number of employable disabled persons.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe information requested is not available, as Manpower Services Commission statistics can only identify those employable disabled people who are registered, either as a disabled person or as unemployed.
In April 1980, the latest date available, there were 470,588 registered disabled people. In February 1981, the latest date for which unemployment figures are available, there were 173,359 disabled people unemployed, of whom 71,428 were registered.