§ Mr. GarnierTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what targets Remploy has been set in its 1994–95 annual performance agreement.
§ Miss WiddecombeI have written to the chairman of Remploy approving the 1994–95 annual performance agreement between the Department and the Company. This agreement covers the year from 1 April 1994. It has been negotiated by the chief executive of the Employment934W Service, on behalf of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment. The targets are:
the average number of disabled people employed by Remploy Ltd. will be at least 8,900;of which no more than 7,450 on average must be employed in factories;at least 74 disabled employees will move from Remploy factories to Interwork having been employed there for at least one year, or from Interwork or factories to open employment;the unit cost of Interwork should be no more than the supported employment voluntary maximum grant or £4,420;Remploy Ltd. will keep within a unit cost target or operating deficit per disabled worker of £9,650;Choices programme to be in place in at least 50 factories by the end of March 1995.I have today arranged for the text of the annual performance agreement to be placed in the Library.