asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are registered with his Department as substantially handicapped in obtaining and keeping employment on account of psoriasis.

I am advised by the Manpower Services Commission that information about the number of people registered as substantially handicapped in obtaining and keeping employment on account of psoriasis is not available. However, on 17th April 1978, the latest date for which information is available, 3,796 people were registered as disabled on account of skin diseases generally.