Written question asked by Sally Keeble (Labour) on Thursday, 7 May 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 13 May 1998. It was answered by Lord Howarth of Newport (Labour) on Wednesday, 13 May 1998 on behalf of the Department for Education and Employment.

Dept for Education and Employment

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much it would have cost to increase the capitation grant for supported employment placements by the same percentage as other benefit upratings for 1998-99.

Answer: Ms Keeble: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much it would have cost to increase the capitation grant for supported employment placements by the same percentage as other benefit upratings for 1998-99. [41781] Mr. Alan Howarth: The Supported Employment capitation grant is not a benefit paid directly to individuals. It is a subsidy paid to employers to help them with the costs of employing disabled people. It would therefore be misleading and inappropriate to apply the benefit uprating percentage to it.

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