§ Mr. GrahamTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people on the disabled register for work in Scotland are(a) employed and (b) unemployed.
§ Mr. LangThere is no such thing as a disabled register for work. Under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Acts 1944 and 1958, the Department of Employment maintains a disablement register on which disabled people may register. That register does not include a record of the 729W employment status of those who are on it. In April 1989, the date of the last count, there were 33,909 people on the disablement register in Scotland.
Both employed and unemployed people may register for employment at jobcentres. In doing so they may also choose to indicate that they are disabled. In October 1989, the latest date on which a count was made, 7,024 people with declared disabilities were registered for employment at jobcentres and local authority careers offices in Scotland.