HC Deb 05 April 1995 vol 257 cc1115-6W
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list for all standard employment regions the total number of Remploy units and the number of people employed in them for the last three favourable years. [16758]

Miss Widddecombe

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. Ieuan Wyn Jones, dated 5 April 1995: The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question about the total number of Remploy units and the number of people employed in for the last three years. The information in the following list gives Remploy's estimates, by Employment Service Region, of the numbers of severely disabled people employed in their factories as at end March for the last three years. It does not include those on the Interwork programme.

Region Year Number of severely disabled people Number of units
East Midlands 1992 456 7
1993 420 8
1994 400 8
North East 1992 862 8
1993 796 8
1994 770 8

Region Year Number of severely disabled people Number of units
North West 1992 1,552 18
1993 1,465 18
1994 1,473 19
Scotland 1992 915 10
1993 854 10
1994 850 10
South East 1992 789 10
1993 748 10
1994 752 10
South West 1992 583 9
1993 551 9
1994 569 9
Wales 1992 1,288 14
1993 1,200 14
1994 1,176 15
West Midlands 1992 607 5
1993 579 6
1994 568 6
Yorkshire and Humberside 1992 940 14
1993 907 14
1994 903 14

I hope this is helpful.