§ Mrs. HealTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he has given any further consideration to the number of employment rehabilitation centres required in London and the south-east.
Mr. JacksonMy right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State announced on 16 April, in a written reply to a question from the hon. Member for Wyre (Mr. Mans),Official Report, columns 157–59, that employment services for people with disabilities are to be improved and developed.
It was also announced that greater use will be made of the voluntary sector and others to provide employment rehabilitation and that nine Employment Service centres of excellence, including one in London and the south-east, were to be established over, approximately, the next five years.
Operational responsibility for the development of the centres of excellence and for the range of employment services for people with disabilities rests with the chief executive of the Employment Service, Mike Fogden, to whom I have referred the hon. Lady's question for a more detailed reply.