Disabled Employees (Hansard, 21 October 1993)

§ Mr. Michael Forsyth

Responsibility for the subject of the question 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 M. E. G. Fogden to Mr. Frank Dobson, dated 21 October 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 Question to him about the publication of a table showing the total number of forms DP39 received and DP4Os issued by his Department for each of the past 10 years. This is something which falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Chief Executive of the Agency. I regret that I am unable to provide the precise information you asked for. We do not collect statistics centrally on applications for permits under the provisions of the Quota Scheme (form DP39), or the Designated Employment Scheme (DP40). We do, however, collect data on the numbers of employers issued with permits (DP42) under the Quota Scheme each year. This is taken from annual returns from our Local Offices on the extent to which employers in their areas are complying with the requirements of the Scheme as at 1 June. I attach a table showing, for each of the last 10 years, the number of employers within scope of the Scheme, ie those with 20 or more employees who were not employing their full 3 per cent. quota of registered disabled people on 1 June, but who had been issued with permits during the previous 12 months. I hope this is helpful. As decided by the Administrative Committee of the House of Commons, Chief Executive Replies to written Parliamentary Questions will be published in the Official Report. I will also place a copy of this letter in the Library of the House.

Table
Numbers ofbelow-quota employers issued with permits (DP42) 12 months to 1 June
	Number
1983	18,536
1984	18,770
1985	18,681
1986	18,840
1987	18,577
1988	18,594
1989	18,530
1990	18,038
1991	17,649
1992	15,871