To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what further steps she intends to take to improve the employment prospects of disabled people.

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State intends to announce as soon as possible the outcome of the review of the Employment Service's special schemes which will result in more effective arrangements for providing special employment help to disabled people. The Employment Service will also publish very shortly a document on the funding arrangements for sheltered employment with proposals which should increase the employment opportunities under the programme for severely disabled people.