§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the report of Deloitte Haskins into the efficiency of skill centres.
§ Mr. CopeDeloittee, Haskins and Sells reported on the feasibility of moving the Skills Training Agency into the private sector. The report will not be published.
§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give details of which skill centres are under-used.
§ Mr. CopeDetails of the utilisation of individual skill centres are commercially confidential in the context of the private tender sale process.
§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give details of what the core business of each skill centre will be following privatisation.
§ Mr. CopeWe hope that skill centres will become viable businesses that provide good training for both unemployed and employed people.
§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what legally binding guarantees he will obtain in order to secure for the public sector benefit of any windfall gains on sale of assets following skill centre privatisation.
§ Mr. CopeMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State told the House on 13 March that he would make provision for the Government to share in any development gains in the years immediately after sale. We shall be receiving professional advise as to the form such provision should take.