§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the amount of funding per start available from his Department for(a) youth training and (b) training for work or employment training; and what it has been in each of the last five years. [23000]
§ Mr. PaiceThis information is provided in the following table, each year's budget being divided by the number of starts achieved or anticipated.
Year Youth training (YT) £ Training for work/employment training (TfW/ET) £ 1995–96 (plans) 4,533 2,569 1994–95 (provisional) 3,697 2,473 1993–94 3,951 2,603 1992–93 3,526 2,588 1991–92 3,895 2,817 1990–91 3,387 2,990 Notes:
1. All figures are for England only except TfW and ET figures for 1991–92 and 1992–93 which take account of Employment Action in Scotland and Wales (1991–92) in Scotland (1992–93).
2. The figures for YT are cost per first time entrant.
§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment for each industrial sector, what have been the amounts paid by his Department in each of the last 10 years to each(a) industry training organisations, (b) lead body and (c) awarding body where different organisations fill these roles; and for what purpose these amounts were paid. [22949]
§ Mr. PaiceThe information is not available in the form requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. In 1994–95 approximately £20 million was spent by this Department on approximately 900 separate contracts with lead bodies and industry training organisations.
§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide a breakdown of the £578 million allocated to training for work to show the amount planned for expenditure on(a) starts, (b) outcomes, (c) special needs, (d) fees to training and enterprise councils, (e) administrative costs, (f) payments of benefits, (g) pilots or other non-generalised funding and (h) the remaining amounts; if he will give the figures by TEC and region, and if he will provide a similar breakdown for youth training. [22986]
§ Mr. PaiceThe budgets of individual training and enterprise councils are treated as commercial in confidence between the Department and TECs until the autumn, after TECs have completed negotiations with providers of training.
The following tables give regional allocations of training for work and youth training budgets for 1995–96.
On TfW the fees budget to TECs is split 25 per cent. for starts and 75 per cent. for outcomes. Starts payments are not made for YT except for certain pilot schemes. Outcome budgets on YT differ with individual TECs, but, 461W except for pilots, are up to a maximum of 40 per cent. of the total budget. Separate budgets are not dedicated for those with special needs on either programme. There are no specific budgets for administrative costs within these programmes, though TECs receive a management fee as a contribution to their administrative expenditure across all their activities.
Training for work 1995–96 Fees budget £ million Allowance budget £ million Central development 4.4 0 Others 19.7 6.3 South East 23.3 24.3 London 47.4 47.0 Eastern 18.9 19.7 South West 23.6 24.6 West Midlands 29.2 30.4 East Midlands 19.2 20.0 Yorks and Humberside 32.6 33.9 North West 30.0 31.3 Merseyside 20.0 20.8 North East 25.0 26.0 Total 293.3 284.4 Notes:
1. The Allowance budget is paid through the Employment Service.
2. 'Others' covers funding for residential training centres, performance-related funding and for pit closure areas.
Youth programmes 1995–96 Budget £ million Central development 2.0 Others 23.0 South East 77.4 London 59.1 Eastern 63.4 South West 54.5 West Midlands 73.7 East Midlands 61.1 Yorkshire and Humberside 76.4 North West 102.8 Merseyside 32.0 North East 55.0 Total 680.4 Notes:
1. The budget covers fees and allowances for youth training, youth credits and modern apprenticeships.
2. 'Others' covers funding for bridging allowances, the Ministry of Defence and Department of Transport schemes, performance-related funding and performance pool.