§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list each training or employment scheme run by the training and enterprise councils employment service, giving for each the total budgeted spending for 1996–97 and planned spending for 1997–98 and the percentage change between the two years. [7474]
§ Mr. PaiceThe information requested is in the following table:
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Expenditure on DFEE programmes run by training and enterprise councils £ millions 1996–97 expected spend 1997–98 planned spending percentage change Training for work 467.173 446.320 -4.5 Work-based training for young people 723.451 745.082 +3.0 Local competitiveness budget 77.350 66.131 -14.5 Performance-related funding1 21.455 — n/a Jobmatch pilots 1.026 0.270 -73.7 Further education competitiveness and development funds 28.828 26.374 -8.5 Adult guidance 1.327 NIL -100 Out of school childcare 9.630 4.100 -57.4 Work experience 6.559 10.197 +55.5
Expenditure on DFEE programmes run by training and enterprise councils £ millions 1996–97 expected spend 1997–98 planned spending percentage change TEC discretionary fund 15.000 23.000 +53.3 European structural funds 25.950 27.420 +5.8 TEC strategy budget 100.464 95.000 -5.4 Total 1.478.213 1.443.804 -2.3 1Resources for performance-related funding are determined on an annual basis after the PES settlement and will be funded in 1997–8 (as in previous years) out of the resources for the main TEC programmes.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what advice she is giving to training and enterprise councils about the reductions that they should make in the delivery of local training programmes arising from planned reductions in funding for 1997–98. [7475]
§ Mr. PaiceThe Secretary of State wrote to training and enterprise councils on 26 November giving details of plans for TEC programmes in 1997–98. A copy of that letter has been placed in the Library.