HC Deb 12 July 1985 vol 82 cc571-2W
Mr. Deakins

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give a breakdown of the ethnic origin of people accepted for youth training schemes in the London borough of Waltham Forest.

Mr. Alan Clark

In the London borough of Waltham Forest, the number of entrants to the youth training scheme by ethnic origin for the three-month period April to June 1985 was as follows:

Unemployed Registered Disabled People
Category of disability Year
1978 1979 1980 1981 1982
Surgical
Amputation
One arm (including partial) 763 668 700 932 975
Both arms (including partial) 51 38 39 59 59
One leg (including partial) 960 853 833 1,077 1,129
Both legs (including partial) 87 60 66 100 81
Multiple 31 31 37 54 48
Injuries to head, face, neck, throat 737 694 671 803 796
Injuries to thorax, abdomen, pelvis, trunk 1,092 958 818 948 908
Diseases, injuries, deformities lower limb 6,463 5,832 5,702 7,419 7,954
Diseases, injuries, deformities upper limb 3,870 3,500 3,305 4,292 4,598
Paraplegia 758 732 755 920 1,001
Spinal curvatures, disc, lesions etc. 9,061 8,143 7,737 9,636 10,366
Tuberculosis (non-pulmonary) 252 215 157 203 227
Medical
Arthritis, rheumatism 3,093 2,784 2,651 3,170 3,448
Diseases of the digestive system 2,521 2,172 1,954 2,083 2,036
Diseases of the genito-urinary system 533 492 427 600 626
Diseases of the heart, circulatory system 7,768 6,849 6,481 7,728 7,883
Pneumoconiosis 215 176 158 191 166
Chronic bronchitis, asthma 6,952 5,890 5,312 5,890 5,729
Diseases of the skin 803 678 649 744 822
Epilepsy 4,192 3,895 4,027 4,742 5,182
Disseminated sclerosis, hemiplegia 2,046 1,808 1,776 2,117 2,336
Tuberculosis (pulmonary) 982 793 683 704 694
Mental disorders
Psychoneurosis 3,508 3,223 2,992 3.176 3,072
Psychoses, schizophrenia, paranoia 2,179 1,997 1,974 2,052 1,998

Number
White 82
Black/African/Caribbean descent 12
Indian Sub Continent descent 9
Others 3
TOTAL 106