§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of (a) the total number of registered disabled persons who are currently in employment and (b) the number of such persons who are registered unemployed.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe number of registered disabled persons who are currently in employment is unknown. The register of disabled people, at 21 April 1981, the latest date available, totalled 460,178. At 11 June 1981 there were 72,742 registered disabled people unemployed. The remaining 387,436 registered disabled people included not only those who are in employment, but also others who are sick or no longer in the employment field.
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§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give, for the latest available date, the numerical and percentage change in the numbers of (a) registered, (b) unregistered and (c) total disabled people who have been unemployed since May 1979.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 28 July 1981]: The information requested on the number of disabled people unemployed, as at 10 May 1979, and 11 June 1981, the latest date for which the information is available, is as follows:
Registered Disabled People Unregistered Disabled People Total 10 May 1979 61,801 72,155 133,956 11 June 1981 72,742 106,986 179,728 Change +10,941 +34,831 +45,772 Percentage change +17.7 +48.3 +34.2