§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many people are currently waiting for individual learning accounts; and what is the average period between application and allocation. [117244]
§ Mr. WicksThe first trance of individual learning accounts are being administered and funded solely through Training and Enterprise Councils. In England alone, over 101,000 accounts had been opened by the end of February 2000, against a UK target of 100,000 accounts opened by April 2000, and we are on track to achieve the target of one million accounts opened in the lifetime of this Parliament. Information on how many people are currently waiting for individual learning accounts; and the average period between application and allocation is not held centrally.