Employment Training

HC Deb 08 December 1988 vol 143 cc307-8W

Ms. Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will outline the overall budget for funding the underpinning agreements given to ET training managers broken down by region; how much has so far been claimed; and if he will make a statement on the progress of the underpinning arrangements.

Mr. Nicholls

The underpinning arrangements are funded from the overall resources available for employment training and there are no separate regional

Notes:

¹ Excise duty receipts from petrol and DERV.

² Vehicle excise duty on all types of road vehicle.

³ VAT on vehicles has been estimated from consumers' purchases of cars and motor cycles, and businesses' purchases of cars (on which tax is not deductible). Information is not available before 1978–79.

⁴ VAT on fuel has been estimated from consumers' expenditure on fuel (including oil).