§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of gross domestic product has been provided to training and enterprise councils, annually since they were established; what is the total cost of TECs to date; and how many previously unemployed persons have received training leading to recognised qualifications in this period.
§ Miss WiddecombeFull information would be available only at disproportionate cost. The training arid enterprise council—TEC—network in England was completed in October 1991. In 1992–93 TECs spent £1.3 billion on training, education and enterprise programmes.
Estimates from the spring 1993 "Labour Force. Survey" show that around 174,000 unemployed people were training towards a qualification compared with 140,000 in the spring 1992 survey.