§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the cost of the closure of(a) the Individual Learning Account programme, (b) the investigation by the ILA Compliance Unit and (c) referrals of ILA learning providers to the police. [70445]
§ Mr. Ivan Lewis[holding answer 18 July 2002]: The estimated cost to the Department to end June 2002 of: (a) closure of the Individual Learning Account (ILA) programme is £1,710,000; (b) investigation by the Department's ILA Compliance Unit is £570,000; and (c) referrals by the Department's Special Investigation Unit of ILA learning providers to the police is £190,000.