§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons are employed by his Department to check upon, supervise, regulate or otherwise watch over the work of the Manpower Services Commission; what are their grades; and what is the annual cost of such persons to the Revenue.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonI shall reply to the hon. and learned Member as soon as possible.
§ Sir Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report the secondary education projects that are partially or wholly funded by the Manpower Services Commission; and if he will give the amount of such funding in each case and for each education authority.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 2 April 1984, c. 395Under the Government's technical and vocational education initiative, the Manpower Services Commission is currently supporting pilot projects in 14 local education authorities. The Commission is funding the following authorities over the five academic years 1983–84 to 1988–89 as follows:574W
Total Manpower Services Commission funding (at 1983–84 prices) over five academic years Local authority £ million Barnsley 3.42 Bedfordshire 3.97 Birmingham 4.76 Bradford 3.73 Clwyd 3.38 Devon 3.90 Enfield 3.43 Hereford and Worcester 3.52 Hertfordshire 3.80 Leicestershire 3.16 Sandwell 2.12 Staffordshire 2.28 Wigan 1.90 Wirral 2.77
§ Sir Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether the local education authorities have total discretion in their expenditure of funding received from the Manpower Services Commission in respect of the technical and vocational initiative.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 2 April 1984, c. 395No. Local education authorities make proposals for TVEI projects within the national criteria and guidelines issued by the Manpower Services Commission. Once accepted in principle, the detailed staffing, equipment and premises implications of each proposal for each year of its five-year term are discussed and agreed between the authorities and the commission. This forms the basis of the formal contract between them. The Manpower Services Commission will reimburse the local education authority only in respect of types of expenditure' specified in the contract and within the limits laid down in it.