§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the aggregate annual income from all sources, and the aggregate annual expenditure, of each of the industrial training boards; what are the numbers of full-time staff employed by each; and what proportion of the aggregate annual expenditure is, in each case, attributable to the costs of staff remuneration and other benefits.
§ Mr. Jim Lester[pursuant to his reply, 2 June 1980, c. 438–9],gave the following information:
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Mr. Brisce-Gardyneasked the Secretary of State for Employment which staff members of industrial training boards serve under contracts of employment by which their salaries are linked to movements in the retail price index; what was the date of the entry into force of such contracts; what is their duration; what was the aggregate cost of their salaries and other remuneration at the
Staff covered by Contractual Index Linked Agreements Date of entry into force of Contract Duration of Contract Aggregate cost of salaries and other remuneration at the date of inception of the Contract Current costs of salaries and other remuneration Percentage increase in Retail Price Index during interviewing period? Percentage increase in the aggregate cost of remuneration Furniture and Timber ITB 100 staff 1 November 1974 Continuing Year ended 31 March 1975 £334,123 Year ended 31 March 1980 £879,694 145.8 163.3 Road Transport ITB 870 staff February 1973 Continuing Year ended 31 March 1973 £1,650,000 Year ended 31 March 1980 £5,490,000 179.1 192.2
§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish details in the Official Report of the redundancy fund established by the road transport industrial training board, including the date of its establishment, how it is financed and the amount currently standing to its credit; what are the numbers of potential beneficiaries; what are the amounts paid out in redundancy to date; and if he will enumerate which other industrial training boards have similar funds in operation at the present time.
§ Mr. Jim Lester[pursuant to his reply, 2 June 1980, c. 438–39]: The road transport ITB established its redundancy fund in June 1972. It is financed from board income other than public funds. The amount standing to the fund's credit is £3,300,000 and the number of potential beneficiaries is 870. No amounts have been paid out to date. No other boards have similar redundancy funds
§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Secretary of State for Employment which officials of which industrial training boards received compensation for contractual earnings forgone owing to the impact of pay control policies in 1975 and 1976; and what was the aggregate cost to public funds of such compensation 688W date of inception of these contracts; what is the current corresponding figure; what has been the percentage increase in the retail price index during the intervening period; and what has been the percentage increase in the aggregate cost of such remuneration.
§ Mr. Jim Lester[pursuant to his reply, 2 June 1980, c. 438–39]gave the following information
§ Mr. Jim Lester[pursuant to his reply, 2 June 1980, c 438–39]: No compensation has been paid to officials of industrial training boards. Following the amendment in August 1977 of the Remuneration Grant and Charges Act a number of boards restored to staff incremental increases to which they were contractually entitled. The road transport ITB also made retrospective salary payments to which staff were contractually entitled under the indexation agreement but which had been withheld during the previous pay policy.