§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the total cost of administration of each of the former training and enterprise councils in each of the last three years. [13336]
§ Margaret HodgeInformation on the total cost of administration of the former training and enterprise councils is not available. The amount spent by TECs on administration and its disclosure were a matter for individual TECs and varied between them. Some TECs showed no administration costs within their statutory accounts under this heading, while most excluded the costs of staff involved in the direct delivery of their programmes. However, all TECs had to show staffing costs as a note within their accounts. While this understates administration costs, as it does not cover expenditure on premises, information technology and other support systems, it is the only available indicator for the information sought. I have therefore provided figures for the financial years 1997–98, 1998–99 and 1999–2000 showing spend on staffing costs of each of the former Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) in England as stated in their consolidated annual statutory audited accounts for the full range of activity TECs undertook. This information is not yet available for 2000–01.
Any direct comparison of staff costs between TECs is misleading, both because there is no statutory definition of staff costs and also because the range of training and enterprise activities differed between TECs.
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£ Staff costs TECS by region 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 North East County Durham 2,418,663 2,445,110 2,264,783 Northumberland 3,095,325 3,242,676 3,470,126 Teesside 2,706,000 3,175,000 3,804,000 Tyneside 4,887,000 5,373,000 5,191,000 Sunderland 2,530,218 2,970,942 3,090,144 Total 15,637,206 17,206,728 17,820,053
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£ Staff costs TECS by region 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 North West Bolton/Bury 2,745,104 3,255,303 3,542,121 Manchester 8,495,725 11,080,599 12,635,740 Wigan 2,963,066 2,872,720 3,124,399 Oldham 1,811,362 2,146,895 2,288,594 Rochdale 1,193,879 1,499,157 1,675,210 SECTEC 4,072,153 4,537,011 4,068,952 Stockport 2,284,839 2,919,825 3,642,684 Cumbria 4,148,320 4,348,398 4,167,719 ELTEC 2,712,421 2,748,113 2,844,807 LAWTEC 3,312,162 3,934,181 3,395,214 NORMID 1,959,869 2,030,310 2,276,603 CEWTEC 3,718,651 4,096,319 4,441,424 Merseyside 5,003,540 5,981,867 6,924,000 St. Helens 1,610,316 1,879,467 1,990,971 Total 46,031,407 53,330,165 57,018,438 Yorkshire and Humberside Barnsley/Doncaster 2,445,000 2,974,000 3,328,000 Bradford 2,102,648 2,272,563 2,267,865 Calderdale/Kirklees 3,303,476 3,654,117 3,863,677 Humberside 3,641,593 4,384,166 5,941,686 Leeds 2,771,812 3,049,722 3,263,066 North Yorks 2,009,000 2,418,000 2,871,000 Rotherham 2,479,131 2,842,753 3,034,383 Sheffield 3,160,000 4,215,000 3,704,000 Wakefield 1,759,642 1,456,005 1,476,719 Total 23,672,302 27,266,326 29,750,396 Eastern Bedfordshire 2,074,747 2,984,815 3,749,095 Cambs 1,009,261 1,632,060 2,231,354 Essex 2,619,000 2,832,000 4,154,000 Greater Peterborough 2,253,241 2,830,365 2,881,068 Hertfordshire 3,266,000 4,875,000 5,744,000 Norfolk and Waveney 2,676,000 2,714,000 3,106,000 Suffolk 1,415,769 1,488,925 2,076,086 Total 15,314,018 19,357,165 23,941,603 East Midlands Greater Nottingham 1,442,000 1,738,000 2,313,000 Leicester 2,053,777 2,190,371 2,834,946 Lincolnshire 3,681,204 4,067,859 3,945,748 Northamptonshire 1,825,258 2,228,847 2,628,728 North Derbyshire 1,886,098 1,827,427 1,788,715 North Nottinghamshire 2,298,889 2,525,876 2,969,381 South Derbyshire 3,329,000 3,663,000 3,911,000 Total 16,516,226 18,241,380 20,391,518 West Midlands Birmingham 3,306,000 4,115,000 4,911,000 CENTEC 1,177,224 — — Coventry/Warwick 4,453,813 4,725,901 5,061,723 Dudley 1,765,958 1,838,992 2,402,219 HAWTEC 3,169,812 3,991,952 5,258,626 Sandwell 2,077,656 2,406,903 2,587,877 Shropshire 1,897,373 2,000,996 2,055,106 Staffordshire 2,461,000 2,682,000 3,459,000 Walsall 1,580,134 1,727,060 2,197,035 Wolverhampton 2,022,000 2,203,000 2,156,000 Total 23,910,970 25,691,804 30,088,586 South West WESTEC 2,425,000 2,017,000 2,342,000 Prosper 5,559,000 6,296,000 8,282,000 Dorset 1,518,023 1,939,118 2,198,014 Gloucester 1,939,644 2,879,008 3,172,585 Somerset 1,618,554 2,648,489 2,813,010 Wiltshire 1,492,318 1,501,086 1,571,918 Total 14,552,539 17,280,701 20,379,527
£ Staff costs TECS by region 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 London AZTEC 1,609,045 2,002,548 2,714,681 FOCUS 5,371,000 6,259,000 6,368,000 LETEC 4,521,474 4,898,407 5,617,403 North London 2,991,331 3,750,158 4,408,581 North West London 1,512,188 1,967,655 2,726,005 SOLOTEC 4,174,000 5,492,000 4,851,000 West London 5,684,669 5,583,113 5,244,201 Total 25,863,707 29,952,881 31,929,871 South East Hampshire 3,474,000 4,399,000 4,867,000 Isle of Wight 733,424 1,241,925 1,582,489 Kent 3,624,774 4,138,710 6,315,951 Milton Keynes 2,940,610 3,022,377 3,302,090 Heart of England 2,146,037 2,354,176 2,483,181 Surrey 1,827,970 2,037,138 2,259,269 Sussex 3,619,000 3,952,000 4,229,000 Thames Valley 3,757,432 4,037,146 4,432,670 Total 22,123,247 25,182,472 29,471,650 Grand Total 203,621,622 233,509,622 260,791,642