Remploy Ltd
Introduction
Remploy was set up as a result of the 1944 Disabled Persons (Employment) Act. Its aim is to provide, within available resources, training and productive job opportunities within a commercial environment for people who are able to make a significant contribution to the economy, but who because of the nature or severity of their disability, are unlikely to be able to work in open employment at the time they join Remploy.
Remploy's Board consists of 4 executive directors, a part time Chairman and 5 non executive directors appointed by the Secretary of State for Education and Employment. The Company is divided into 7 operating groups which run its 92 manufacturing factories and its Interwork supported placement scheme as commercial operations. Remploy has an Agreement with the Secretary of State whereby Remploy receives grant in aid and voted loans to cover the additional costs incurred from employing mainly severely disabled people.
| | Number of Staff | | | Expenditure (£m) |
| 1995/96 | 10893 | | 1995/96 | 231.0 |
| 1996/97 | 11224 | | 1996/97 | 247.0 |
| 1997/98 | 11245 | | 1997/98 | 243.0 |
The Annual Report and Accounts are published annually in July and are available from the Company Secretary. As a commercial organisation Remploy must protect commercial confidentiality and is not able to publish its Corporate and Business Plans. Major non-commercially sensitive aspects are published through newsletters and other means.
Achievements in 1996/97
Remploy continued to increase its employment of severely disabled people. In 1995/96 the average number was 9,334, including 2,190 Interworkers. By the end of 1996 this had increased to a total of 9,800 of which 2,800 were on Interwork placements working outside the Company. In addition a new Group started to develop employment in the service sector of the economy and achieved 50 placements by March, 1997.
External sales turnover increased to £134m in 1995/96 and to £147m in the year to March, 1997.
Maintaining the highest standards of quality and training, the Company continues to hold BS5750 or ISO9002 registrations in all 92 manufacturing factories. 17 factories have achieved IiP status by March, 1997, with all others working towards the award over the next two years.
Plans for 1997/98
To increase the numbers of severely disabled employees in Remploy within the same grant in aid assistance provided by the Government, notably by employing more Interworkers outside Remploy and by improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the operations.
To further rationalise the factory and manufacturing operations and to develop new employment opportunities for disabled people in the service sector of the economy by the formation of the Contract Operations Group. More factories will be awarded IIP status.
Key Performance Targets
|
| 1994/95
| 1995/96
| 1996/97
| 1997/98
|
Key Measure
|
Set
|
Achieved
|
Set
|
Achieved
|
Set
|
Achieved
|
Set
|
| The average number of disabled employees in: |
| - total workforce minimum |
8900 |
8906 |
9200 |
9334 |
9400 |
9662 |
9800 |
| - factories maximum |
7450 |
7434 |
7200 |
7144 |
not set |
6958 |
not set |
| - Interwork placement scheme minimum |
1450 |
1472 |
2000 |
2190 |
2400 |
2704 |
3000 |
Progressions: number of disabled employees moving from Remploy to open employment or from factories to Interwork
|
74
|
118
|
125
|
177
|
175
|
178
|
200
|
Number of factories with the Choices programme
|
50
|
56
|
All
|
All
|
not set
|
not set
|
not set
|
| Cost or operating deficit of each disabled worker in the: |
| - total workforce |
9650 |
10237 |
10400 |
10175 |
10170 |
9967 |
10000 |
- Interwork Placement scheme
|
4420
|
4320
|
4500
|
4242
|
4540
|
4230
|
4400
|
Operating deficit (£)
|
not set
|
91.2
|
not set
|
95.0
|
99.0
|
98.9
|
99.0
|
| 
