HC Deb 10 April 1981 vol 2 cc362-3W
Mr. Robert C. Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many firms in the Newcastle upon Tyne travel-to-work area currently employ the 3 per cent. quota for registered disabled persons under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944; and whether there are any firms employing in excess of the 3 per cent. quota.

Mr. Peter Morrison

On 1 June 1980, the latest date for which information is available, 114 employers in the Newcastle upon Tyne travel-to-work area, who were subject to the quota scheme provisions of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944, employed at least their full quota of registered disabled people. Information on the number of firms which were employing more than their 3 per cent. quota could be obtained only at disproportionate costs.

Mr. Robert C. Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many disabled persons are registered at employment offices in the Newcastle upon Tyne travel-to-work area; and if he will state their numbers as a percentage of the total unemployed in the area.

Mr. Peter Morrison

On 12 February 1981, the latest date for which figures are available, there were 2,695 disabled people registered for work at employment and careers offices in the Newcastle upon Tyne travel-to-work area—888 of whom were registered as disabled under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944 representing 8.9 per cent. of the total of unemployed people in the area.