Manpower Services Commission

HC Deb 17 July 1986 vol 101 cc586-7W

Mr. Allen McKay

asked the Paymaster General what was the amount of finance allocated to the Manpower Services Commission and the amount spent for each year since its inception.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

My Department gives a grant in aid to the Manpower Services Commission to carry out its functions; contributions are also made by the industry department for Scotland and the Welsh Office in respect of the proportion of costs specifically identified with services in Scotland and Wales. The figures in the following table include those contributions:

	Allocation	Expenditure
	£	£
1974–75	105,395,000	96,004,201
1975–76	278,236,000	249,262,721
1976–77	410,911,000	366,748,991
1977–78	466,836,000	432,451,262

	Allocation	Expenditure
	£	£
1978–79	547,491,000	507,278,898
1979–80	623,306,000	610,613,792
1980–81	760,093,000	747,787,224
1981–82	1,014,620,000	943,039,503
1982–83	1,333,140,000	1,070,270,287
1983–84	1,446,706,000	1,272,336,000
1984–85	1,436,467,000	1,413,322,000
1985–86	1,581,296,000	*
* The final expenditure figure for 1985–86 is not yet available. It is expected to be close to the amount allocated.