HC Deb 24 November 1981 vol 13 cc340-1W
Mr. Lennox-Boyd

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report the names of bodies who are independent of the Manpower Services Commission and are in receipt of funds from the Commission and the amounts and purposes of their funding.

Mr. Peter Morrison

The Manpower Services Commission funds a very large number of bodies independent of it, and for a variety of purposes. These include local authorities and voluntary bodies providing sheltered employment for severely disabled people, colleges of further education providing training for adults under the training opportunities scheme, and the many sponsors providing places for unemployed young people under the youth opportunities programme. It would not be possible to list the names of these bodies, and the amounts and purposes of their funding, except at disproportionate cost.