HC Deb 09 May 1990 vol 172 cc163-4W
Mrs. Gorman

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many civil servants are involved in managing the TEC programme.

Mr. Eggar

Civil servants from my Department are engaged in facilitating the setting up of training and enterprise councils and managing the contractual relationship with them. They will also work in training and enterprise councils on a secondment basis. Training and enterprise councils are being established progressively throughout the year and it is not possible to state how many civil servants are involved at any one time.

Mr. Blair

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what representations he has received from training and enterprise councils against the cuts in funding for training.

Mr. Eggar

I have received a number of representations from training and enterprise councils (TECs) about reductions in funding for training. I have explained that these reductions need to be set against sharp falls in unemployment and the drop in numbers of young people.