§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest information she has about the operating surplus which has been accumulated for each training and enterprise council for each region and for Great Britain as a whole on(a) youth training including training credits, (b) employment training, (c) employment action, and (d) business support and business start up; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. McLoughlinMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is unable to respond on behalf of my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and for Wales who now have responsibility for the delivery of programmes through local enterprise councils in Scotland and training and enterprise councils in Wales.
616WTraining and enterprise councils in England are required, under the terms of the training and enterprise council operating agreement, to produce audited accounts within four months of the end of the financial year.
These accounts reveal the total operating surplus as at the end of the financial year and on a cumulative basis; however, this information is not published by programme block.
The accounts for the financial year ending 31 March 1992 are now in the public domain and available from individual training and enterprise councils.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether it is her policy that training and enterprise councils shall pass on to training providers the cash to pay allowances to trainees in advance of the relevant pay day or within seven days of those costs falling on the training providers.
§ Mr. McLoughlinTraining and enterprise councils (TECs) are responsible for the funding arrangements which they have with their providers. It is for these two parties to agree such arrangements.