HC Deb 24 June 1992 vol 210 cc248-9W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will provide a table of expenditure showing the cost of running each regional office of her Department and the cost of running sub-regional offices aggregated by region and with Greater London shown separately and excluding the funding programmes operated by the offices for each year from 1987–88(a) at current prices and (b) at 1987–88 prices.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The table of expenditure shows the cost of running each regional office of the Department for Employment's training, enterprise and education directorate (TEED) for each year from 1987–88 to 1991–92. The figures are shown(a) at current prices and (b) at 1987–88 prices.

The figures exclude the funding for programmes operated by the offices. It is not possible to identify separately the costs of running sub-regional offices. Any sub-regional office costs are subsumed within the totals for each regional office.

The Employment Department group as a whole has other regionally based organisations, but is unable to supply information for those, except at disproportionate cost.

Employment Department TEED Regional running costs 1987–88 to 1991–92
Region 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92
At 1987–88 prices £000s At 1992–93 prices £000s At 1987–88 prices £000s At 1992–93 prices £000s At 1987–88 prices £000s At 1992–93 prices £000s At 1987–88 prices £000s At 1992–93 prices £000s At 1987–88 prices £000s At 1992–93 prices £000s
South East 11,531.8 15,943.1 11,352.1 15,777.2 10,836.2 15,125.6 7,147.8 10,044.7 2,462.9 3,478.2
London 13,553.3 18,738.1 13,051.1 18,138.5 12,228.7 17,069.3 13,828.7 19,433.2 3,812.9 5,384.7
South West 7,576.9 10,475.4 6,778.6 9,421.0 6,692.2 9,341.3 4,761.5 6,691.2 1,542.7 2,178.6
West Midlands 10,944.9 15,131.7 10,058.4 13,979.2 9,661.4 13,485.9 8,867.6 12,461.5 2,407.7 3,400.2
East Midlands 8,995.0 12,435.9 8,465.3 11,765.1 8,576.6 11,971.7 8,415.4 11,825.9 2,422.1 3,420.8
Yorkshire and Humberside 8,855.3 12,242.7 7,937.9 11,032.2 8,377.8 11,694.2 7,176.9 10,085.5 1,911.2 2,699.9
Northern 7,443.9 10,291.5 6,908.8 9,601.9 6,871.0 9,590.9 3,494.9 4,911.4 1,818.9 2,568.7
North West 13,823.1 19,110.9 12,902.0 17,931.4 12,555.6 17,525.8 10,048.2 14,120.6 2,898.0 4,092.5
Wales 6,302.8 8,713.8 6,252.6 8,689.9 6,251.5 8,726.3 5,215.2 7,328.9 1,832.6 2,587.9
Scotland 11,812.0 16,330.5 11,244.6 15,627.9 10,696.7 14,930.9 11,978.3 16,832.7 — —
Total 100.839.0 139,413.6 94,951.4 131,964.3 92,747.7 129,461.9 80,934.5 113,735.6 21,109.0 29,811.5

Note:

It is not possible to make a direct comparison of the figures from 1990–91 onwards. From 1990–91, training and enterprise councils have replaced the Department's sub-regional offices—area offices—on a phased time scale which ended in 1991–92.