HC Deb 13 February 1990 vol 167 cc207-9W
26. Mr. Wallace

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many training and enterprise councils he anticipates giving approval to so that they will become fully operational on 2 April.

Mr. Eggar

A number of training and enterprise councils (TECs) will shortly be submitting their corporate and business plans for approval. The national training task force will consider these plans and will be making its recommendation to me.

Mr. Ian Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest number of training and enterprise council groups awarded development funding.

9. Mr. Eggar

I have been very encouraged by the excellent response from employers throughout the country since we issued the invitation to form training and enterprise councils. Applications for development funding from 55 groups of senior employers from around the country have been approved. The table lists the areas which have received development funding.

List of TECs awarded development funding

South East

  • Essex
  • Hampshire
  • Heart of England (Oxfordshire)
  • Hertfordshire
  • Isle of Wight
  • Kent
  • Milton Keynes
  • Thames Valley

London

  • AZTEC (Kingston/Merton)

South West

  • Avon
  • Devon/Cornwall
  • Dorset
  • Gloucestershire
  • Somerset

West Midlands

  • Birmingham
  • Coventry/Warwickshire
  • Dudley
  • Sandwell
  • Staffordshire
  • Walsall
  • Wolverhampton

East Midlands and Eastern

  • Central and South Cambridgeshire
  • Greater Peterborough
  • Norfolk/Waveney
  • Northamptonshire
  • North Nottinghamshire
  • Suffolk

Yorkshire and Humberside

  • Barnsley/Doncaster
  • Calderdale/Kirklees
  • Leeds
  • North Yorkshire
  • Rotherham
  • Sheffield
  • Wakefield

North West

  • Bolton/Bury
    • 208
  • Cumbria
  • East Lancashire
  • Manchester
  • Oldham
  • Rochdale
  • South and East Cheshire
  • St. Helens
  • Stockport/High Peak
  • Wigan

Northern

  • County Durham
  • Northumberland
  • Teeside
  • Tyneside
  • Wearside

Wales

  • Gwent
  • Mid Glamorgan
  • North East Wales
  • North West Wales
  • South Glamorgan
  • West Wales

77. Mr. Anthony Coombs

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what will be the typical budget of a training and enterprise council.

Mr. Eggar

The budget for each training and enterprise council (TEC) will be negotiated locally and will vary according to the size of its area. Budgets will range from around £5 million to around £35 million per annum.

75. Mr. Hanley

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will report on the progress of the training and enterprise council network.

Mr. Eggar

I have been very encouraged by the excellent response from employers throughout the country since we issued the invitation to form training and enterprise councils.

We expect to have a complete network of training and enterprise councils throughout England and Wales by the end of the year.

71. Mr. Barry Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many training and enterprise councils have now been awarded development funding.

Mr. Eggar

I have been very encouraged by the excellent response from employers throughout the country since we issued the invitation to form training and enterprise councils. Applications for development funding from 55 groups of senior employers from around the country have been approved.

68. Mr. Colin Shepherd

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what arrangements he is making to ensure that the training and enterprise councils are able to recognise a need in respect of the disabled which spreads beyond the immediate territory within which they will be operating.

Mr. Eggar

Training and enterprise councils (TECs) will set out their training proposals in their business plan. My Department will want to be satisfied that these proposals meet the training needs of all individuals in their local community, including people with disabilities, and encompass access to training outside the TEC's immediate locality where appropriate.

59. Dr. Twinn

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment when he expects the first training and enterprise council to be operational.

Mr. Eggar

I expect the first training and enterprise councils to be operational in the spring.

28. Mr. Moss

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total sum of money for which training and enterprise councils will have executive responsibility.

Mr. Eggar

As TECs become operational they will assume responsibility for the vast majority of expenditure which is currently managed by the Training Agency. This amounts to around £2.5 billion in 1990–91.