§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the locations of the training and enterprise councils which have been approved.
§ Mr. EggarThe following 13 training and enterprise councils have signed operational contracts:
- Hertfordshire
- Thames Valley
- Devon/Cornwall
- Dorset
- Calderdale and Kirklees
- Cumbria
- ELTEC (East Lancashire)
- Oldham Rochdale
- South and East Cheshire
- Teeside
- Tyneside
- Wearside
§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many training and enterprise councils have been approved; and how many are waiting approval.
§ Mr. EggarThirteen training and enterprise councils (TECs) have signed operational contracts, and 63 TECs are in their development stage and preparing their corporate and business plans. I expect a further six to enter the development phase shortly.
§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment in how many of the approved training and enterprise councils the post of chief executive has been filled by a person who was in post as a regional manager of a training commission; and in how many cases such people have negotiated an entitlement which would allow them to return to the training commission.
§ Mr. EggarOf the 13 training and enterprise councils so far operational, 10 have chief executive posts filled by740W people who previously held civil service posts within the Training Agency. One of those has resigned from the civil service and become a TEC employee, the remaining rime being on secondment. All secondees remain in the civil service and have the right to return to the Employment Department group at the end of the secondment period.