§ Mr. BlairTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the funding paid to each area covered by the Training Agency for 1989–90 and the estimated funding for each of the following three years.
§ Mr. NichollsThe information is not available in the precise form requested. Expenditure for field-delivered training programmes for April to December 1989 by Training Agency regions is set out in the table. The Government's plans for overall expenditure by the Training Agency over the next three years are set out in chapter 6 of the public expenditure White Paper (CM 1006).
Training Agency expenditure April to December 1989 Region £ South East 100.91 London 79.16 South West 73.21 West Midlands 111.84 East Midlands and Eastern 108.01 Yorkshire and Humberside 110.75 North West 147.55 Northern 96.41 Wales 69.54 Scotland 126.70 TNPU1 212.83 Great Britain 1,236.90 1 The TECS and National Provider's Unit is based centrally and holds contracts for major companies who provide training throughout Great Britain. Note: Expenditure excludes training allowances and other costs administered centrally.