HC Deb 29 July 1988 vol 138 cc840-1W
Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the number of Manpower Services Commission staff employed for each year since 1978 and their total cost to public funds.

Mr. Nicholls

The information requested is as follows:

Number of Manpower Services Commission staff Total cost of Manpower Services Commission staff to public funds (£000s)
At:
1 April 1978 25,332 1978–79 209,996
1 April 1979 26,289 1979–80 246,238
1 April 1980 25,868 1980–81 300,269
1 April 1981 24,225 1981–82 316,192
1 April 1982 24,250 1982–83 329,629
1 April 1983 22,687 1983–84 333,666
1 April 1984 21,929 1984–85 331,311
1 April 1985 20,803 1985–86 363,491
1 April 1986 21,075 1986–87 412,808
1 April 1987 23,953 1987–88 348,700
1 April 1988 12,520.5 1988–89 237,532

Notes:

(1). The 1988–89 figures is an estimate.

(2). On the passage of the Employment Act 1988 the Manpower Services Commission was renamed the Training Commission.

Mr. McLeish

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the estimated expenditure of the Manpower Services Commission and his Department in Scotland in each of the years 1988–89, 1989–90 and 1990–91.

Mr. Nicholls

The estimated expenditure of the Training Commission (formerly the Manpower Services Commission) in Scotland in 1988–89 is £210,082,000. Estimates of expenditure for the years 1989–90 and 1990–91 will only be made when the Supply Estimates for these years are prepared.

No estimate is made of the territorial distribution of expenditure in the rest of the Department of Employment group.

£000s
Training Commission Community Programme Community Industry Sheltered Employment Total
1979–80 394,395 50,966 16,952 41,954 504,267
1980–81 479,177 45,736 18,994 54,940 598,847
1981–82 646,527 92,741 23,376 58,888 821,532
1982–83 783,697 154,796 23,601 66,772 1,028,866
1983–84 970,378 401,542 23,637 72,691 1,468,248
1984–85 1,087,049 532,702 24,125 63,783 1,707,659
1985–86 1,210,916 683,224 24,447 67,185 1,985,772
1986–87 1,444,492 1,007,031 25,309 56,801 2,533,633