HC Deb 29 March 2004 vol 419 cc1140-1W
Mr. Goodman

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what funding has been allocated to(a) European regional development fund areas, (b) Frameworks for Regional Employment and Skills Action, (c) Phoenix Fund and (d) regional centres for manufacturing excellence and (e) warm zones in (i) 2004–05, (ii) 2005–06 and (iii)) total. [163722]

Ms Hewitt

In accordance with the Spending Review 2002 settlement the Government plan to spend:

£ million
(a) European Regional Development Fund-ERDF (DTI-related expenditure cover) Phoenix Fund (d) Regional centres of manufacturing excellence
2004–05 186.3 25 2.8
2005–06 176.4 25 0
Total 362.7 50 2.8

(b) In relation to Frameworks for Regional Employment and Skills Action, which is the responsibility of DfES: these are the way in which key regional partners led by the RDA develop and deliver an agreed plan to address skills and employment needs of employers and individuals within the region. The

Company Start date End date Position
PricewaterhouseCoopers 25 March 2002 31 March 2004 Deputy Director in UK Trade and Investment (Entrepreneurial Inward Investment)
PricewaterhouseCoopers 4 November 2002 29 October 2004 Assistant Director in Industrial Development Unit
Pricewaterhouse Coopers 15 June 1999 9 May 2001 Investigator in Company Law and Investigations
Deloitte and Touche 2 September 2002 31 July 2003 Director in Business Relations
Deloitte and Touche 26 July 2000 31 August 2001 Assistant Director in Nuclear Industries Directorate
Ernst and Young 3 February 2003 2 February 2005 Assistant Director in UK T and I
Ernst and Young 14 January 2004 13 January 2006 Assistant Director in Industrial Development Unit
Ernst and Young 15 April 2002 16 April 2004 Deputy Director in Industrial Development Unit
Ernst and Young 2 September 2002 1 September 2004 Deputy Director in Industrial Development Unit
Ernst and Young 15 April 2002 21 March 2004 Director, Internal Audit
KPMG 16 July 2001 1 March 2002 Manager in Engineering Industries Directorate

Outward secondments

There have been no secondments of DTI staff to (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte and Touche, (c) Ernst and Young and (d) KPMG since 2001.

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