§ Mr. Rostasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will estimate, in the case of each quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation for which he is responsible, the total expenditure
£000 Year of establishment 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 Manpower Services Commission* 1974 — — — 96,390 250,801 356,080 422,897 Health and Safety Commission 1975 — — — — 30,988† 35,717 40,582 Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service 1976 — — — — 1,184 6,598 7,634 Community Industry 1972 15 420 743 1,673 3,224 5,878 8,934 Royal Commission on the distribution of income and wealth‡ 1974 — — — 128 365 340 353 * Expenditure includes grants to industrial training boards. † Covers period 1 January 1975 to 31 March 1976. ‡ Allied services provided without charge would add approximately 60 per cent, to these estimates My Department also pays a subvention to meet the net costs incurred by Remploy Ltd., a trading company providing sheltered employment. The company was established in 1945 and the estimated total expenditures and subventions for the last six years are:—
£000 Total expenditure Departmental subvention 1972–73 20,211 6,186 1973–74 23,165 7,097 1974–75 30,171 10,127 1975–76 38,594 16,250 1976–77 43,712 18,677 1977–78 46,512 21,112