HC Deb 05 June 1997 vol 295 c250W
Mr. Rowlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate his Department has made of the number of(a) men and (b) women of working age who are incapacitated by long-term sickness or invalidity. [1230]

Mr. Win Griffiths

In the 1995 Welsh Health Survey 26 per cent. of men and 20 per cent. of women of working age who replied considered that they had a long-term illness, health problem, or handicap which limited their daily activities for the work they could do.

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