§ Mr. ThurnhamTo ask the Secretry of State for Employment how many registered disabled people have been working; and what proportion they are of the total work force in(a) the public sector and (b) the private sector for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information is not available in the form requested.
However, tables showing the number and percentage of registered disabled people employed by a wide range of individual public sector employers are published in the Employment Gazette. The most recent complete set of figures is in the 1991 gazette and relates to June 1990. A partial set of figures. relating to June 1991 is in the February 1992 gazette.
The percentage of registered disabled people employed, on average, by employers whose figures are in the gazette, together with estimated comparisons for the private sector, for the years 1986 to 1990, are set out in the table. The data relate to employers who have 20 or more employees. Later comparable information is not yet available.
Percentage of registered disabled people employed Sector 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Private (approximate figures) 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 Public (based on Gazette figures) 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8