Training and Enterprise Councils (Hansard, 26 July 1993)

§ Ms Short
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many training and enterprise council chairmen have left each TEC board since its launch; and how many TEC directors have resigned since the launch of their TEC.

§ Miss Widdecombe
A total of 34 training and enterprise council chairmen have left TEC boards since their launch.
Two Chairmen have left the following TECs:

SOLOTEC;

South Thames.

One Chairman has left the following TECs:

AZTEC;

Bedfordshire;

Calderdale/Kirklees;

CAMBSTEC (Central & South Cambridgeshire);

Coventry & Warwickshire;

Devon & Cornwall;

Dorset;

Greater Nottingham;

Gwent;

Hampshire;

HAWTEC (Hereford & Worcester);

Humberside;

Leeds;

London East;

Manchester;
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METROTEC (Wigan);

North Derbyshire;

Northumberland;

North London;

North Nottinghamshire;

QUALITEC (St. Helens) Ltd.;

Rochdale;

Rotherham;

Sheffield;

Shropshire;

Southern Derbyshire;

South Glamorgan;

Stockport/High Peak;

Surrey;

TARGED North West Wales;

Teesside;

Wearside;

West Wales;

Wight Enterprise;

Wolverhampton.
A total of 328 TEC directors have left TEC boards since the launch of their TEC. This is principally due to changes in their business commitments, and reflects similar levels of turnover in the private sector as a whole.

§ Ms Short
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest available information on the number of male and female directors of training and enterprise councils; how many are from(a) ethnic minority backgrounds and (b) the private sector; what is the best information he has about which industrial sectors they come from; and how many of the non-private sector directors are from (i) local authorities, (ii) local education authorities, (iii) other educational organisations, (iv) trade unions, (v) voluntary organisations, (iv) ethnic minority organisations, (vii) employers' associations and (viii) others.

§ Miss Widdecombe
There are currently 942 male and 127 female directors of training and enterprise councils in England. Of these, 757 come from the private sector.
Of the non-private sector directors:

(i) 98 are from local directors;

(ii)43 from local education authorities;

(iii)31 from other education organisations;

(iv)52 from trade unions;

(v)37 from voluntary organisations;

(vi)2 from ethnic minority organisations;

(vii)12 from employers' associations;

(viii)37 others.
Information on the ethnic origin of TEC board members is provided voluntarily. The most up-to-date figures are from 1992 and cover only 44 TECs. Twenty board members are quoted as being of ethnic minority origin.
The Department does not maintain statistics on the industrial sector origins of private sector TEC directors.

Mr. William O'Brien
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will direct training and enterprise councils to publish annual statements of accounts for public inspection; and if he will make a statement.

§ Miss Widdecombe
Training and enterprise councils are required to publish an annual report and audited statement of accounts within four months after the relevant financial year.

Mr. William O'Brien
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what arrangements apply to the payment of salaries and other expenses of officers of local authorities who serve on boards of training and enterprise councils; and if he will make a statement.
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§ Miss Widdecombe
Directors serving on boards of training and enterprise councils are refunded expenses reasonably incurred in connection with their duties on behalf of TECs. They are not renummerated.

Mr. William O'Brien
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will arrange for training and enterprise councils to provide information on individual local projects, including costs, on request by a member of the public or a district council; and if he will make a statement.

§ Miss Widdecombe
Training and enterprise councils are required to publish a summary of their corporate and business plans and annual reports. This is available to the public on request. TECs' corporate plans must also be made available for inspection by the public.
TECs are private companies. It is for them to determine what information they publish about the funding of specific projects.