HC Deb 07 December 1993 vol 234 cc206-7W
Mrs. Helen Jackson

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what has been spent on disabled individuals in the Sheffield area over the last five years on assistance towards(a) special aids to employment, (b) adaptations to premises, (c) fares to work and (d) the personal reader scheme;

(2) how many disabled individuals in the Sheffield area have benefited from the Government's present provision of assistance towards (a) special aids to employment, (b) adaptions to premises (c) fares to work and (d) personal reader service over the last five years.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Responsibility for the subject of the questions has been delegated to the Employment Service Agency under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from Mr. M. Fogden to Mrs. Helen Jackson, dated 7 December 1993: As the Employment Service is an Executive Agency, the Secretary of State has asked me to write to you direct to respond to your Parliamentary Questions to him about what has been spent on disabled individuals in the Sheffield area, and how many disabled individuals in the Sheffield area have benefitted from the Government's present provision of assistance over the last five years on assistance towards (a) special aids to employment, (b) adaptations to premises, (c) fares to work and (d) the personal reader service. The information you have asked for is not held centrally and I have asked my people to investigate the availability of the details you request. I will send details to you as soon as they are available. As decided by the Administration Committee of the House of Commons, Chief Executive replies to written Parliamentary Questions will now be published in the Official Report. I will also place a copy of this letter in the Library of the House.