HC Deb 30 June 1994 vol 245 cc665-6W
Sir Harold Walker

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what sum his Department is currently spending on promoting the employment of disabled persons; and what the figures were in each of the last 15 years.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

People with disabilities have access to all the Department's employment and training programmes, and benefit from all the Department's initiatives on promoting employment opportunities. Expenditure on disabled people within mainstream programmes cannot be disaggregated from overall programme expenditure. The following table contains such information as is available on programme expenditure on specialist programmes and initiatives for disabled people only and relates to expenditure from 1986–87 onward. It is not possible to provide figures for the years before 1986–87 without incurring disproportionate cost.

Employment Department Expenditure on Promoting People with Disabilities
£000
1986–87 90,451
1987–88 94,181
1988–89 98,465
1989–90 1116,764
1990–91 128,892
1991–92 142,807
1992–93 2160,011
1993–94 163,651
1994–95 3174,461

Notes: All yearly totals are cash figures. The figures are based on Employment Department and Employment Service (ES) published appropriation accounts, except the 1993–94 and 1994–95 figures, which are based on the ES supply estimates. They do not include any administration costs or Supported (formerly sheltered) Employment research and development costs.

1From and including 1989–90, totals include expenditure on services for people with disabilities which, in previous years, were not separately identifiable.

2Totals for 1992–93 and 1993–94 include expenditure on advertising and publicity which, in previous years, were not separately identifiable.

3Includes resources transferred from the revenue support grant of the Department of the Environment, Scottish and Welsh Offices for local authority expenditure on Supported Employment.

Mr. Butler

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will announce the membership of the National Advisory Council on Employment of People with Disabilities following its reconstitution.

Mr. David Hunt

I am appointing seven new members and reappointing 10 existing members to the National Advisory Council on Employment of People with Disabilities for a period of three years from 1 July 1994. The chairman of the Council, Mr. Alan Smith MBE, FIPM, FBIM, FinstD, has also been reappointed.

The members of the council are:

Members appointed after consultation with organisations representing employers

  • Ms J. T. Mellor
  • Mr. P. H. Newman
  • Mr. R. C. Spoor OBE, RD. DCL, DL, FCA

Members appointed after consultation with organisations representing workers

  • Mrs. G. M. Davies RGN
  • Ms R. Donaghy
  • Mr. R. D. Exell

Other Members

  • Professor I. W. Bruce BSocSc, CIMgt
  • Mr. W. G. Davies
  • Dr. S. Duckworth MSc., LRCP., MRCS
  • Dr. A. L. M. Fingret MBBS., MFOM
  • Sir P. Large CBE
  • Mr. H. W. Massie OBE
  • Mr. T. V. F. Papé BSc
  • Ms S. Scott-Parker
  • Mr. T. R. Sermon FCIS
  • Mr. I. N. Sneddon
  • Ms F. D. Worman FIPM