Disability

HC Deb 24 January 1991 vol 184 cc278-9W

Rev. Ian Paisley

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of the work force in Northern Ireland is registered disabled.

Mr. Needham

[holding answer 14 January 1991]: About 1 per cent.

	Thousands
	1978–79	1988–89	change	percentage
Public sector manpower: total	6,565	5,361	-1,204	-18.3
Civil Service manpower: total	734	572	-162	-22.1

Source: The Government's Expenditure Plans 1990–91 to 1992–93 (Cm 1021): chapter 21, appendix D.

Had public sector manpower changed at the same rate as civil service manpower, it would have fallen by 1,449 thousand.