§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what arrangements he proposes to introduce after re-organisation of services for people with358W disabilities to enable members of placing, assessment and counselling teams or disablement resettlement officers to make home visits to those people who because of transport difficulties or the severity of their disability are unable to attend a local employment service office;
(2) if disabled persons who are at an interview to establish whether they are eligible to register under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944 can (a) be represented or escorted by a third person, (b) see what is being written about them on an employment registration document and (c) ask for the counsellor to be changed if they feel they are being treated unreasonably; and if he will make a statement;
(3) what information he has on the number of people registered under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944 for each year since 1987; how many were registered under section 1 or section 2; how many were (a) male or (b) female; how many were aged under 25 or over 50 years of age; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. JacksonQuestions on operational matters in the Employment Service Executive Agency are the responsibility of Mike Fogden, the agency's chief executive, to whom I have referred this question for reply.