§ Mr. John Grantasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many disablement resettlement officer posts and blind persons' specialist resettlement officer posts, respectively, are to be cut under the Manpower Services Commission's corporate plan; whether this ends the special facility for blind persons; how many employment rehabilitation staff are to be cut; and what estimate has been made of the numbers of disabled people who will not find this help available as a consequence on an annual basis.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe Manpower Services Commission's proposed corporate plan for 1981-85 has not yet been approved by my right hon. Friend, who is giving particular consideration to this aspect. No decisions have, therefore, yet been taken.
§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons included in the unemployment figures are registered and unregistered disabled; and what is the total of unemployed disabled who are not included in the unemployment figures.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonOn 11 December 1980, the latest date for which figures are available there were 60,887 registered, and 93,152 unregistered (154,039) disabled people included in the total unemployment figure of 2,150,477 an additional 11,585 unemployed disabled people unlikely to be capable of work except under sheltered conditions, were not included in the total unemployment figure.