Written Answers
"British Nationality Law: Discussion Of Possible Changes"
asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will publish the comments which the Home Office has so far received on the Green Paper
British Nationality Law: Discussion of Possible Changes (Cmnd. 6795) which appeared in April 1977 and which invited comments from the public and from interested bodies "as part of the process of open government".
So far nearly 250 persons or organisations have sent in comments on the Green Paper. Understandably there is a good deal of repetition and Her Majesty's Government do not intend to publish all of this material verbatim. It is open to any of the authors of papers to publish them and some have done so at least in substance. Her Majesty's Government will have in mind the possibility of publishing in due course a summary of all comments received.
Disabled Persons: Employment Quota Deficiency
asked Her Majesty's Government:What is the number and percentage of firms failing to employ their quota of disabled persons for each year since 1960.
I am advised by the Manpower Services Commission that the required information is as follows:—
| Year | Number of firms with a quota obligation not complying with 3 per cent. quota at annual review | Figure in previous column as % of firms subject to quota | |
| 1960 | … | 24,974 | 38·2 |
| 1961 | … | 25,340 | 38·6 |
| *1962 | … | 15,389 | 42·1 |
| *1963 | … | 14,899 | 42·1 |
| 1964 | … | 29,271 | 45·2 |
| 1965 | … | 31,038 | 46·8 |
| 1966 | … | 31,661 | 48·3 |
| 1967 | … | 34,176 | 52·3 |
| 1968 | … | 34,319 | 53·7 |
| 1969 | … | 35,102 | 55·5 |
| 1970 | … | 36,396 | 57·3 |
| 1971 | … | 36,382 | 58·2 |
| 1972 | … | 34,794 | 57·8 |
| 1973 | … | 33,779 | 58·4 |
| 1974 | … | 33,106 | 60·0 |
| 1975 | … | 32,340 | 60·9 |
| 1976 | … | 31,065 | 61·3 |
| 1977 | … | 31,763 | 62·9 |
| 1978 | … | 30,446 | 63·2 |
* In 1962 and 1963 a survey was made in respect of all firms with more than 500 staff but only a selection of firms with less than 500 staff (but which nevertheless had a quota obligation). The figures for the
years 1962 and 1963 are therefore percentages based on the number of firms reviewed in those years and not on all firms subject to quota.
Disarmament And Arms Control: Un Resolutions
asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will publish in convenient form the initiatives taken by Her Majesty's Government, whether unilaterally or in association with others, and the votes they cast, on disarmament and arms control resolutions at last autumn's General Assembly.
The Government's initiatives on resolutions on arms control and disarmament will be described in detail in the Report on the 33rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, to be published as a White Paper. A separate record will shortly be made available to non-governmental organisations with a special interest in disarmament and will be placed in the Library of the House.House adjourned at twenty-two minutes before eleven o'clock