§ Mr. WareingTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what plans he has to improve the position of disabled people facing a higher cost of living as a consequence of their disability.
§ Mr. ScottIn the period up to July 1989 the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys is publishing a series of reports on the findings of the surveys of disability in Great Britain carried out between 1985 and 1988. Two reports have already been published covering the prevalence of disability amongs adults and the financial circumstances of disabled adults in private households. Four more reports will follow. Taken together, the six reports will bring together the most comprehensive and detailed information ever collected about disabled people in this country.
I have explained that we will wait until all the results of these surveys are available before reaching any conclusion as to whether there are better ways of providing help for disabled people.