HC Deb 20 April 1994 vol 241 cc553-4W
Mr. Barron

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many(a) deaths, (b) major injuries and (c) minor injuries were reported to (i) the mines inspectorate, (ii) the railways inspectorate, (iii) the offshore safety inspectorate and (iv) the explosives inspectorate in each year since 1983.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The available information is provided in the following table. There was no overall requirement to notify "minor" injuries—that is, those causing incapacity for work for more than three days during the years 1983 to 1985.

Miss Widdecombe

The total budget for the training for work scheme for England and Wales in 1994–95, including training allowances, is £749 million.

Mr. Alan Howarth

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how much of the 1993–94 budgets for training for work and youth training was unspent.

Miss Widdecombe

The information is not yet available. It will be published in the Department's appropriation accounts later in the year.

Mr. Alan Howarth

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total accumulated surplus held in TEC reserves that is now available to TECs.

Miss Widdecombe

The total accumulated surplus held in training and enterprise council reserves is shown in the TECs' published accounts. A full set of accounts for each TEC, for the year ending 31 March 1993, has been placed in the Library.