§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many staff her Department employs on a regional basis in each standard English region: what is the cost of running these regional operations: what is the total budget for each region in 1994–95; and what are the main purposes for which each budget is used. [267]
§ Mr. PaiceThe information is not available in the form requested. The new Department for Education and Employment was created on 5 July 1995. The following information relates to the current financial year.
Table 1 gives the information requested for Department for Education and Employment staff working in, and budgets delivered through, Government offices for the regions.
Table 1: Government offices Region Staff in Post1 Running Costs2 £ million Programme Budgets2 £ million South east 54.5 2.2 174.9 London 68 3.2 215.1 Eastern 46.5 1.9 138.5 South west 59.5 2.1 136.7 West Midlands 71.5 2.6 174.2 East Midlands 55.6 1.8 134.4 Yorkshire and Humberside 64.6 2.2 197.7 Merseyside 41 1.4 212.3 North west 78.5 2.9 88.6 North east 62 2.1 146.7 Notes:
1As at 1 November 1995.
2Provision for 1995–96.
The main purposes for which these budgets are used are adult and youth training programmes, vocational education programmes and the provision of careers advice.
Table 2 gives information for the Employment Service. The ES has different regional boundaries to the Government office network.
Table 2: Employment services Region Staff in Post1 Running Costs2 £ million Programme Budgets2 £ million Northern 2,228 46.3 8.9 Yorkshire and Humberside 3,420 68.6 12.6 East Midlands and eastern 3,520 72.4 14.1 London and South east 11,652 265.8 56.1 South west 3,131 64.6 12.4 West Midlands 3,564 75.1 15.8 North west 4,798 99.2 19.8 Notes:
1As at 1 April 1995.
2Provision for 1995–96.
186WThe main purposes for which these budgets are used are on employment measures to help people into work, placement and advisory services, employment services for people with disabilities and administering the payment of unemployment benefit.
The Department carries out its headquarters functions in London, Darlington, Sheffield and Runcorn.