§ Mr. Ashdownasked the Paymaster General what technical and vocational education initiative grants have been made to each local education authority in 1986–87; when the pilot schemes started in each authority; whether in each case he has received an evaluation report of the pilot schemes; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Trippier[pursuant to his reply, 6 March 1987, c. 712–13]: The table shows the profiled expenditure for 1986–87 and the date pilot projects started the technical and vocational education initiative (TVEI) for the 95 local education authorities/education authorities currently operating projects.
The Manpower Services Commission has mechanisms for monitoring the progress of each individual scheme and has already published interim evaluation reports on the management of TVEI pilot schemes. Further independent evaluation including a summary of evaluation studies to date will be published later this year and thereafter. In each case the local education authority/education authority is required to commission an independent local evaluator. In addition, Her Majesty's inspectorate of schools has issued a number of reports on TVEI pilot schemes and will continue to do so.
133WIt is the Government's wish that all authorities should participate in the extension of the initiative and benefit from the lessons emerging from the pilot projects.
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Authority Year pilot project started Profiled expenditure 1986–87 (£'000) Barking 1986 325 Barnet 1986 325 Barnsley 1983 680.6 Bedfordshire 1983 904.4 Berkshire 1984 434 Bexley 1986 331 Birmingham 1983 1,014.9 Bolton 1984 409 Borders 1984 400 Bradford 1983 831.8 Bromley 1985 487.9 Buckinghamshire 1984 422.4 Bury 1984 516.5 Calderdale 1986 393 Cambridgeshire 1984 450 Cheshire 1984 522.8 Cleveland 1984 420 Clwyd 1983 734.6 Cornwall 1984 406.8 Coventry 1984 400 Croydon 1984 359.1 Cumbria 1984 388.6 Derbyshire 1984 402.8 Devon 1983 864.8 Doncaster 1984 400 Dorset 1986 325 Dudley 1984 425 Dumfries and Galloway 1984 400 Durham 1984 387 Dyfed 1985 402.6 Ealing 1985 400 East Sussex 1984 405.8 Enfield 1983 806.3 Essex 1984 318.5 Fife 1984 400 Gateshead 1986 325 Gloucestershire 1984 409 Gwent 1984 402 Gwynedd 1984 444 Hampshire 1984 451 Harrow 1986 325 Havering 1984 400 Hereford and Worcester 1983 943 Hertfordshire 1983 805.5 Hillingdon 1986 325 Isle of Wight 1984 406.8 Kent 1985 435 Kingston upon Thames 1985 400 Leicestershire 1983 757.2 Lincolnshire 1984 399.9 Lothian 1985 411.8 Manchester 1986 280.6 Merton 1986 325 Mid Glamorgan 1984 424 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1984 428.4 Norfolk 1984 445.3 North Tyneside 1984 411 North Yorkshire 1985 443.7 Northamptonshire 1984 411 Northumberland 1984 400 Nottingham 1986 328 Oxford 1986 367 Powys 1984 400 Redbridge 1986 325 Richmond-upon-Thames 1984 474.5 Rochdale 1986 325 Salford 1986 325 Sandwell 1983 425.5 Sheffield 1986 325 Shropshire 1984 407
Authority Year pilot project started Profiled expenditure 1986–87 (£'000) Solihull 1984 411.5 Somerset 1984 424.6 South Glamorgan 1985 414 South Tyneside 1984 400 St. Helens 1986 325 Staffordshire 1983 485.6 Stockport 1984 400 Strathclyde—Glasgow 1984 462 Strathclyde—Renfrew 1984 421 Suffolk 1984 414 Sunderland 1984 375.7 Surrey 1984 400 Sutton 1986 325 Tameside 1984 441.5 Tayside 1986 490 Trafford 1986 368 Wakefield 1986 331.4 Walsall 1985 341 Warwickshire 1984 400 West Glamorgan 1984 400 West Sussex 1985 399 Wigan 1983 421.2 Wiltshire 1985 328 Wirral 1983 580.6 Wolverhampton 1985 415
§ Mr. Ashdownasked the Paymaster General what technical and vocational education initiative extension grants have been approved for each local education authority; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Trippier[pursuant to his reply, 6 March 1987, c. 712–13]: Contracts have yet to be agreed with any authority for extension funding. Sixty-one authorities were eligible to apply for extension funding in 1987. On these, 25 submitted proposals and the Manpower Services Commission is holding discussions with 11 of these with a view to their launching extension programmes in the autumn. Negotiations about funding for preparatory projects are also in hand with six of the 18 authorities not previously involved in the technical and vocational education initiative (TVEI). The Government hope that all authorities will take advantage of the opportunity to participate in the TVEI extension.