HC Deb 29 February 1996 vol 272 cc645-6W
Mr. Byers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list for each training and enterprise council(a) how much was spent on administration in 1994–95 and (b) the number of staff employed in (i) 1992–93, (ii) 1993–94 and (iii) 1994–95 (A) for each TEC and (B) by all TECs. [18098]

Mr. Pake

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 27 February,Official Report, columns 483–84. This shows the amounts spent on administration in 1994–95 for each training and enterprise council and by all TECs. As TECs are private limited companies, they do not provide information to the DFEE on the number of staff they employ.

Mr. Byers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimate she has made of the savings to be made as a result of full implementation of the efficiency scrutiny report into the training and enterprise management fee and administrative costs. [18097]

Mr. Paice

I expect to publish shortly details of the action that the Department plans to take in response to the recent efficiency scrutiny into the training and enterprise council contract and management fee. We believe that implementation of the Department's plans will reduce costs significantly. However, estimates of total savings will need to await detailed discussions with TECs over the coming month.