Remploy (Hansard, 29 June 1989)

§ Mr. McAvoy
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the amount of the subvention paid to Remploy in the years 1975, 1979, 1984 and 1989.

§ Mr. Lee
The subvention paid to Remploy Ltd. for current expenditure in the following financial years was:

£

1974–75 10,114,000

1978–79 22,530,000

1983–84 44,572,000

1988–89 53,714,000

§ Mr. McAvoy
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what information he has about plans by the Remploy company to close a number of its factories.

§ Mr. Lee
Other than Rutherglen, I am not aware of plans to close specific Remploy factories.

§ Mr. McAvoy
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of the cost of employing disabled people employed by Remploy was provided by the Government and what proportion by the company in the years 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989 to date.

§ Mr. Lee
The proportion of the cost of employing people with disabilities at Remploy provided by the Government in each of the following financial years was:

Percentage

1984–85 100

1985–86 100

1986–87 94

1987–88 87

1988–89 90

The remainder was provided by the company from its trading surplus.

	£
1974–75	10,114,000
1978–79	22,530,000
1983–84	44,572,000
1988–89	53,714,000

	Percentage
1984–85	100
1985–86	100
1986–87	94
1987–88	87
1988–89	90