HC Deb 20 March 1985 vol 75 cc483-4W
Mr. Haynes

asked the hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, as representing the House of Commons Commission, how many registered disabled people are employed in the service of the House.

Mr. Beith

The total number of registered disabled persons employed among the staff of the House for whom the Commission is responsible is seven. Other registered

Number of free pupil meals as a percentage of pupils present Primary Schools
1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978
per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent.
Barking 17.2 16.3 14.1 12.8 13.2 16.0
Barnet 10.0 8.8 8.1 7.7 8.9 10.9
Bexley 9.6 8.7 6.6 1.7 7.8 8.5
Brent 18.5 16.7 14.0 13.0 13.7 14.6
Bromley 7.6 6.2 6.0 6.2 9.5 10.6
Croydon 9.6 8.3 7.3 9.3 13.4 15.3
Ealing 16.2 15.2 12.7 12.5 12.6 13.7
Enfield 9.1 8.7 8.0 6.9 6.8 7.7
Haringey 21.5 17.0 16.3 14.3 15.9 16.5
Harrow 8.0 7.0 6.6 5.8 6.1 6.9
Havering 8.2 7.5 6.8 6.1 6.6 8.3
Hillingdon 10.3 9.3 8.7 7.7 8.8 9.0
Hounslow 11.6 10.1 9.4 8.5 9.0 10.5
Kingston-upon-Thames 8.1 7.9 7.0 7.6 8.5 10.1
Merton 6.6 7.1 6.5 5.1 8.5 9.7
Newham 16.8 16.6 12.7 11.3 12.1 12.9
Redbridge 6.7 5.9 4.9 4.2 7.7 10.5
Richmond-upon-Thames 7.5 6.4 5.6 6.7 8.6 9.8
Sutton 6.5 6.0 5.3 4.5 10.9 12.5
Waltham Forest 21.2 16.6 15.2 12.4 12.5 11.7
ILEA 35.5 30.9 27.8 24.8 25.0 26.4
Birmingham 37.2 n/a 28.0 21.0 19.6 21.3
Coventry 29.5 26.3 23.3 18.0 18.0 20.0
Dudley 17.4 13.9 11.5 7.7 6.7 7.8
Sandwell 31.9 24.5 21.2 13.4 12.0 14.3
Solihull 14.8 13.3 9.6 6.7 12.9 13.9
Walsall 27.8 23.7 20.3 12.7 12.5 13.5
Wolverhampton 28.1 25.2 21.8 14.1 13.0 15.0
Knowsley 47.9 43.0 37.1 29.3 33.9 36.3
Liverpool 36.3 31.8 30.2 27.3 27.8 29.3
St. Helens 21.9 20.6 16.8 13.3 13.0 14.0
Sefton 19.1 16.9 14.0 11.7 16.1 18.8
Wirral 24.8 24.2 17.0 16.8 16.1 17.8
Bolton 23.5 21.8 18.3 14.1 14.1 17.6
Bury 14.9 12.3 10.0 7.2 10.7 13.5
Manchester 45.1 41.6 38.2 32.3 32.5 36.5
Oldham 28.7 27.0 21.1 12.8 16.7 18.0
Rochdale 27.9 26.4 21.3 16.4 15.6 19.7
Salford 35.0 30.0 26.2 23.4 23.5 24.3
Stockport 16.4 15.2 12.6 11.5 12.3 15.3
Tameside 24.8 21.0 19.5 14.8 15.0 16.8
Trafford 15.1 11.7 9.9 7.9 15.1 18.4
Wigan 20.3 17.5 15.0 11.5 12.7 15.4

disabled people work in the House, but their employment is the responsibility of other agencies, such as the Department of the Environment.