HC Deb 19 October 1992 vol 212 cc134-5W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish the latest available figures for the number of disabled people in Wales between the ages of 16 years and 64 years indicating the total number currently in work/training and the total number registered as unemployed.

Sir Wyn Roberts

At 31 March 1991 there were 147,918 people on the register of handicapped people in Wales. No information is held centrally on the numbers of disabled people between the ages of 16 and 64, nor the numbers in work/training or registered unemployed.

Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much has been allocated by his Department to each local authority in Wales, in the latest year for which figures are available, to provide portable ramps to assist physical access into buildings; if he will list the buildings which have been granted funds in each local authority area; and if he will indicate which of these buildings were utilised as polling stations during the last general election.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

Expenditure on portable access ramps is a matter for individual local authorities in the light of the overall resources available to them and their service priorities.

Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what statistics he has concerning increased waiting lists for the fitting of adaptions and aids for the physically disabled under the disabled facilities grant scheme since 1 April; and what were the numbers on Welsh local authority waiting lists on(a) 1 January 1991, (b) 1 July 1991, (c) 1 January 1992 and (d) 1 July 1992, respectively.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

Information on such waiting lists is not held centrally.

Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people with disabilities are registered with the Employment Service and therefore qualify for a green card in Blaenau Gwent; what percentage of these people is registered unemployed; and what are the comparable figures for Wales as a whole.

Mr. David Hunt

The number of people registered as disabled under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944 and who are therefore eligible to receive a certificate of registration (green card) in the Blaenau Gwent constituency is 504. The comparable figure for Wales is 21,998. These are the latest figures, based on a count conducted in April 1992.

Information is not available about the percentage of registered disabled people in Blaenau Gwent and Wales who are registered unemployed.