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Mr. Alec Jones
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many disabled people are registered unemployed in Wales and in the Rhondda travel-to-work areas, respectively; and how this compares with the same period of 1971, 1970, 1969 and 1968.
Mr. Scott
The numbers of registered disabled people in Wales and in the Rhondda travel-to-work area known to be unemployed in December 1973 and in each of the five preceding years were:
| Wales | Rhondda travel-to-work area | |
| December 1973 | 5,105 | 519 |
| December 1972 | 6,731 | 694 |
| December 1971 | 7,380 | 757 |
| December 1970 | 6,254 | 602 |
| December 1969 | 6,282 | 584 |
| December 1968 | 6,062 | 561 |