§ 35. Mr. CatonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what funding has been provided to Remploy to enable it to implement its modernisation strategy. [123370]
§ Ms HodgeI was pleased to announce on 12 May that the Government would be providing £5 million to help Remploy carry out its modernisation strategy. This is on top of the £1.5 million that we made available to Remploy last year and a further £1.5 million for this year to support the restructuring of their factory provision. This, along with the proposals for modernising supported employment I also announced on 12 May, will increase greatly the numbers of disabled people moving into mainstream employment.