§ Mr. LeightonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the performance targets of the Employment Department group.
Mr. JacksonThe performance targets, which are available at the time of its publication in the early part of the year, are set out in the departmental report.
Targets for the Employment Service agency and for TEC-delivered programmes are agreed after the publica-tion of the departmental report. The Employment Service targets are published in the annual performance agreement at the beginning of each financial year. The TEC network is now complete, and targets for TEC delivered programmes will be agreed with all 82 TECs in their annual business plans prior to the start of the next financial year. The national aggregate of individual TEC targets will be announced to Parliament following completion of the negotiations with all the TECs.