HC Deb 07 July 1981 vol 8 c90W
Mr. Whitehead

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if all Manpower Services Commission funds made available centrally by his Department are used solely for Manpower Services Commission projects in conjunction with local authorities and are within the control of his Department.

Mr. Peter Morrison

Funds made available to the Manpower Services Commission for its grant-in-aid Class IV Vote 16 cover the costs of employment and rehabilitation services, training services, and central and regional manpower services as well as special programmes which provide the grants to youth opportunities programme sponsors. The commission acts as agent for the Department of Employment in providing grants to community enterprise programme sponsors, the funds for which are provided for in the Department of Employment: labour market services Class IV Vote 13. Some sponsors of both the youth opportunities programme and the community enterprise programme are local authorities. The Department of Employment accounts for both Votes.