HC Deb 19 May 1992 vol 208 c132W
Ms. Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many training and enterprise council and local enterprise company chief executives are in post; how many are male or female or from an ethnic minority background; how many have resigned since their TEC or LEC became operational; what information she has on the employment backgrounds of the chief executives, including the numbers who have retained their civil service status; and if she will make a statement.

Mr. McLoughlin

Of the 82 training and enterprise councils in England and Wales, 81 have a chief executive or acting chief executive in post. One is in the process of being filled. Of these, 69 are men and 12 are women. Information on the ethnic origin of TEC chief executives is not available. Since individual TECs became operational, seven of them have had a change in chief executive. Information on the employment background of chief executives is not held centrally, but 45 are civil servants.

Information about LECs in Scotland is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland.