§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give details of the numbers of 660W severely visually handicapped people seeking employment is sheltered workshops for the blind each year between 1968 and 1982 inclusive, and the numbers of those people obtaining employment in sheltered workshops in each year throughout that period; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. AlisonThe numbers of unemployed severely visually handicapped people in Great Britain suitable for and seeking sheltered employment are given in the attached table for the years 1968–1982. Comparable information for blind workshops is not available.
No records are kept of people obtaining employment in sheltered workshops each year by category of disability.
TABLE Numbers of unmployed registered and unregistered severely visually handicapped people for the period 1968–1982. Year Registered Unregistered Total 1968 749 * 749 1969 836 * 836 1970 804 * 804 1971 892 * 892 1972 939 * 939 1973 891 * 891 1974 788 * 788 1975 790 * 790 1976 840 * 840 1977 831 * 831 1978 750 * 750 1979 658 * 658 1980 556 172 728 1981 548 169 717 1982 511 181 692 * Records not maintained.