Disabled Persons (Hansard, 4 June 1986)

§ Mr. Tony Banks
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many registered disabled persons there are in Slough.

§ Mr. Newton
This information is not available centrally for the area requested.

§ Mr. Tony Banks
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many registered disabled persons there are in the London borough of Newham.

§ Mr. Newton
The latest available data about the number of persons registered with the Newham social services department as physically or sensorily handicapped are set out in the table. There is no information held centrally about the numbers of registered mentally disordered persons.

Newham—Number of registered handicapped people

As at 31 March Type of Register Number of persons registered

1982 Blind and Partially Sighted^* 880

1983 Deaf and Hard of Hearing^*† 334

1984 General Classes^*† 5,416

^* Includes persons multiply handicapped and therefore on other registers.

†But excludes persons on the Register of the Blind.

Newham—Number of registered handicapped people
As at 31 March	Type of Register	Number of persons registered
1982	Blind and Partially Sighted^*	880
1983	Deaf and Hard of Hearing^*†	334
1984	General Classes^*†	5,416
^* Includes persons multiply handicapped and therefore on other registers.
†But excludes persons on the Register of the Blind.