§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Employment what progress has been made by the Manpower Services Commission in developing its proposals for community workshops in which unemployed people, especially those who are disabled, could undertake light manufacture or repair work to provide a local service, without undue pressure to produce a financial profit; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Jim Lester[pursuant to his reply, 4 February 1980]: I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that it is able to provide funds for workshops for severely disabled people under its sheltered workshops programme and for
ANNUAL INCOME AFTER TAX (a) Manual (b) Non-Manual (c) All occupations £ £ £ Single man … … … … … … 4,070 4,870 4,410 Married man … … … … … 4,270 5,060 4,600 The levels of earnings are the annual equivalents of estimates for October 1979 obtained by updating the new earnings survey estimates of average earnings of full-time adult males in April 1979 taking account of movements in a centred three-month moving average of the whole economy index of average earnings of all employees.