§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each local enterprise company and in total, the composition of boards, broken down by(a) gender, (b) ethnicity, (c) industrial sector and (d) non-private sector representation broken down by (i) local authority (except education), (ii) local authority education, (iii) other education, (iv) trades unions, (v) voluntary sector, (vi) health employer organisations, (vii) ethnic minority organisations and (viii) others; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Allan Stewart[holding answer 11 March 1992]: At least two thirds of the board members of local enterprise companies are required to be drawn from the private sector. Subject to that requirement, individual appointments are for the local enterprise companies themselves. Board membership is listed in the published summaries of the companies' business plans.
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give details of the budgets of each local enterprise company broken down by(a) adult training, (b) youth training, (c) economic development, (d) environment, (e) local initiatives and (f) management.
§ Mr. Allan Stewart[holding answer 11 March 1992]: The responsibility for making allocations to local enterprise companies lies with Scottish Enterprise. I understand that the amounts available to local enterprise companies for their adult and youth training blocks in 1992–93 were notified to them last month; and that they were informed of the allocations for 1992–93 for the remainder of their activities earlier this week.
The total budgets of local enterprise companies will also depend on the availability of funds from sources other than Scottish Enterprise, including the European Community.