§ Mr. RuaneTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what funds the Government have made available for retraining and reskilling farmers and agricultural workers in each of the past 10 years through the Agricultural Training Board and Lantra. [123464]
§ Ms Quin[holding answer 23 May 2000]Payments made by the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food to the Agricultural Training Board, ATB-Landbase and Lantra are as follows:
Year £ Payments to the Agricultural Training Board 1990–91 10,349 1991–92 7,303 1992–93 6,700 1993–94 9,755 Payments to ATB-Landbase 1994–95 4,156 1995–96 2,471 1996–97 1,611 1997–98 11,508 Payments to Lantra 1998–99 11,333 1999–2000 1797 2000–013 1,22,328 1 Includes payments under the Government's Sector Challenge Scheme 2 Includes payments under the Agriculture Development Scheme 3 Budgeted Payments to the Agricultural Training Board included costs associated with the restructuring of the Board prior to privatization in 1994. The payments to ATB-Landbase were for the provision of Industry Training Organisation services and the payments to Lantra were for the delivery of National Training Organisation services.
456WThe figures given in the table do not include funding provided by other Government Departments including Department for Education and Employment and the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, the devolved administrations and the European Commission.