§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report the gross wages of blind and disabled workers employed in sheltered workshops, the cost of the Industrial Advisers of the Blind Limited and the percentage of these totals which represents administrative costs.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that up-to-date information about gross wages is not readily available.
The net cost of the Blind Advisory Services Group—formerly called Industrial Advisers to the Blind Limited until 1974—of Remploy Limited in 1977–78 was £197,000.
§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total amount of administrative costs of the Industrial Advisers of the Blind Limited since its inception in 1964.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the net costs of Industrial Advisers to the Blind Limited—which became the Blind Advisory Services Group of Remploy Limited in 1974—up to 31st March 1978 were £1,349,000.