§ Mr. Arnold Shawasked the Secretary of State for Employment what annual subsidy has been paid in each of the last three years to the Blind Advisory Service Group, Remploy; and what is his estimate for the year and for 1976–77.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerNo separate subsidy is paid to Remploy's Blind Advisory Services Group. Remploy's subsidy relates to its activities as a whole. The subsidy paid to Industrial Advisers to the Blind Ltd., which, when merged with Remploy on 1st April 1974, formed the Blind Advisory Services Group, was £96,000 in 1972–73 and £101,400 in 1973–74.