§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the training providers for South Thames TEC currently known to the receiver; and what assessment he has made of whether the list is comprehensive.
§ Mr. PaiceThere are 124 youth training and training for work providers, and four South Thames enterprise programme providers contracted to South Thames TEC currently known to the receiver. To the best of the Department's knowledge, this list is comprehensive.
§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his answer of 30 January,Official Report, column 539, when the information relating to contractors to the South Thames TEC will be placed in the Library.
§ Mr. PaiceI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to her on Tuesday 7 February 1995,Official Report, column 183.
§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the cost to(a) South Thames TEC and (b) his Department of the use of outside consultants, accountants and the receiver in investigating the financial difficulties at South Thames TEC from 28 November 1994 to date.
§ Mr. PaiceI am not in a position to estimate the cost to South Thames TEC of the use of outside consultants and accountants. This is a matter for the receiver. The cost to the Department of the use of outside consultants and accountants was £32,182 as of December 1994. This is the latest estimate available. As is normal commercial practice, the receiver's costs are a first charge on the assets of South Thames TEC. These have not yet been fully established.