§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how much is currently allocated by her Department to publicise grants established to assist trainees and employees with disabilities; and if she will list the publicity material produced by her Department relating to such grants during 1991 and, to date, in 1992.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythIt is not possible to provide the information on expenditure in the form requested.
The Department provides a variety of grants, free loans and similar financial assistance which were established to assist trainees and employees generally, including any with disabilities. Expenditure on publicising that financial help cannot be broken down to identify an element relating to people with disabilities.
In addition, there is a range of material which publicises financial assistance aimed specifically at people with disabilities but also publicises other schemes and services. The element relating to grants or other financial assistance cannot be identified separately.
Information on the resources devoted by training and enterprise councils to publicising grants or similar financial assistance for which they are responsible is not collected centrally.
The following publicity material relates to grants, free loans and similar financial assistance established to assist only people with disabilities (including employees) and was all available (in this or a slightly different form) in 1991 and, to date, in 1992:
- —Travel of work grants leaflet (PWD1)
- —Personal reader service leaflet (PWD2)
- —Special aids to employment (PWD3)
- —Adaptations to premises and equipment leaflet (PWD4)
- —Working at home with technology (PWD6)
- —Job introduction scheme leaflet (EPWD7)
- —Personal reader service leaflet (EPWD8)
- —Special aids to employment (EPWD9)
- —Adaptations to premises and equipment leaflet (EPWD10)
- —Working at home with technology (EPWD13)
204 - —Sheltered placement scheme leaflet (SPSL 1)
- —Sheltered placement scheme leaflet (SPSL2)
There is a wide range of other publicity material which mentions financial assistance that can assist trainees and employees with disabilities, including:
- —Just the job booklet (EMPL45)
- —Job hunting for people with disabilities handbook (PWD16) and tape version
- —Employing people with disabilities sources of help leaflet (PEL2)
- —Employing people with disabilities, multiple sclerosis leaflet (EPWD17)
- —Employing people with disabilities, mental illness leaflet (EPWD18)
- —Employing people with disabilities, mental handicap leaflet (EPWD19)
- —Employing people with disabilities, deaf and hearing impaired leaflet (EPWD20)
- —Employing people with disabilities, epilepsy leaflet (EPWD21)
- —Employing pepole with disabilities, blind and visually impaired leaflet (EPWD22)
- —Employing people with disabilities, haemophilia leaflet (EPWD25)
- —Disabled persons register leaflet (PWD5)
- —Sheltered placement scheme video