§ Mr. Strawasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report the numbers of registered disabled persons in the Blackburn travel-to-work area in January 1980, 1981 and 1982, subdivided by age group, who are also registered unemployed.
§ Mr. AlisonThe information requested is only available for the month of October each year.
The numbers of unemployed registered disabled people by age group in the Blackburn travel-to-work area for the last three years were:
October 1979 October 1980 October 1981 Under 18 1 1 2 18 2 3 4 19 5 2 5 20–24 21 24 39 25–29 26 15 20 30–34 31 37 41 35–44 58 69 84 45–49 30 53 66 50–54 51 54 56 55–59 39 54 69 60–64 19 25 28 Over 65 — — 1 Totals 283 337 415