§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the estimated and actual expenditure on special resettlement scheme grants for the employment of disabled people in the years 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982 on the job introduction scheme, adaptations to premises and equipment, assistance with fares to work, special aids to employment, and business on own account; how many disabled people were helped on projects involved in each case; and what is the estimated expenditure on each of these schemes in 1983.
§ Mr. AlisonThe information is as follows:
Job Introduction Scheme Estimated expenditure Actual expenditure Beneficiaries £ £ 1977–78 260,000 35,904 216 1978–79 100,000 211,896 1,279 1979–80 334,000 297,201 1,504 1980–81 457,000 269,433 1,072 1981–82 425,000 354,588 1,434 1982–83 531,000 — —
Adaptations to Premises and Equipment Scheme Estimated expenditure Actual expenditure Beneficiaries £ £ 1977–78 500,000 11,040 21 1978–79 588,000 39,196 48 1979–80 330,000 50,090 94 1980–81 381,000 64,233 83 1981–82 150,000 71,469 93 1982–83 177,100 — —
Fares to Work Scheme Estimated expenditure Actual expenditure Beneficiaries £ £ 1977–78 144,000 78,543 305 1978–79 264,000 108,640 614 1979–80 510,000 183,621 433 1980–81 334,000 202,565 235 1981–82 250,000 230,607 272 1982–83 295,400 — —
Special Aids to Employment Scheme Estimated expenditure Actual expenditure Beneficiaries £ £ 1977–78 135,000 80,312 669 1978–79 133,000 136,655 787 1979–80 230,000 203,542 830 1980–81 345,000 213,935 775 1981–82 310,000 312,461 765 1982–83 751,800 — — 371W
Business on Own Account Scheme Estimated expenditure Actual expenditure Beneficiaries £ £ 1977–78 110,000 10,447 15 1978–79 13,000 12,886 20 1979–80 16,500 7,507 7
Estimated expenditure Actual expenditure Beneficiaries £ £ 1980–81 19,000 9,906 11 1981–82 17,500 19,762 13 1982–83 23,400 — —
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will consider making available to firms wishing to employ registered disabled people, capital grants for adapting premises and equipment prior to those firms hiring disabled people, and increasing the current capital grant limit of £6,000.
§ Mr. AlisonThe adaptations to premises and equipment scheme is intended to give grants to employers to pay for adaptations to secure the employment of a specific disabled person in a particular job. They are already available both in respect of existing and of potential employees, but the Manpower Services Commission is considering how the scheme might be more widely used to provide additional employment for disabled people. There are no plans to increase the maximum grant of £6,000.
Number and percentage of Employers in Great Britain who were subject to quota (ie those with 20 or more workers) On 1 June 1979 1980 1981 1982 Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage Were satisfying quota 17,045 35.3 16,340 35.1 14,734 33.6 13,468 31.8 Were below quota and had been issued with permits to engage people not registered as disabled in the previous twelve months 22,412 46.4 22,001 47.2 21,183 48.4 18,796 44.4 Were below quota and had not been issued with a permit in the previous twelve months 8,822 18.3 8,225 17.7 7,890 18.0 10,032 23.7
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list for each year since 1978 the number and percentage for firms that have been issued with bulk permits not to employ the quota of disabled persons.
§ Mr. AlisonThe number and percentage of firms which are subject to quota—that is those with 20 or more workers—who were issued with bulk permits in the 12 months prior to 1 June each year since 1978 are as follows:
Number Percentage 1979 21,789 45.1 1980 21,660 46.5 1981 20,841 47.6 1982 18,572 43.9