§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment, for each year since 1979, how much has been spent on the employment services for the disabled; and what has been the annual increase in real terms.
§ Mr. Alan Clark[pursuant to his reply, 19 July 1984, c. 225–6]: The cost of employment programmes provided by the Manpower Services Commission specifically for disabled people was as follows: 504W
£ million 1979–80 64 1980–81 85 1981–82 89 *1982–83 106 align="right"1983–84 107 * The basis of calculation changed between 1981–82 and 1982–83 and as a result the figures are not directly comparable. The figures do not include estimates of the money spent under the commission's general employment programmes in helping disabled people. With the re-organisation of the disablement resettlement service in 1983–84, more of the work of placing disabled people into employment has been taken on by the general employment service.