HC Deb 19 May 1992 vol 208 cc133-4W
Ms. Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the numbers of male and female directors of training and enterprise councils; how many are from ethnic minority backgrounds; how many directors are from the private sector; from which industrial sectors they come; and of non-private sector directors, how many are from(a) local authorities, (b) local education authorities, (c) other educational organisations, (d) trade unions, (e) voluntary organisations, (f) ethnic minority organisations, (g) employers' associations and (h) others.

Mr. McLoughlin

The information available is shown in the table. Information on the industrial sector background of directors from the private sector is not held centrally.

Category Numbers of directors
(i) Men 1,018
(ii) Women 122
(iii) Ethnic minority background 1 40
(iv) Private sector 799
(v) Non-private directors of which 341
(a) Local authorities 98
(b) Local education authorities (not included in (a)) 51
(c) Other educational organsiations 28
(d) Trade unions 61
(e) Voluntary organizations 43
(f) Ethnic minority organizations 4
(g) Employers Associations 10
(h) Others 46
1 Based on information collected in June/July 1991: 12 Directors preferred not to state their ethnic origin.

Mr. Alfred Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what responsibilities training and enterprise councils have for training people with learning difficulties; and what steps she is taking to ensure they fully meet these responsibilities.

Mr. McLoughlin

TECs are obliged through their contracts with the Department to ensure that suitable high quality training is available for all trainees with special training needs. This includes people with learning disabilities. TEC's performance against their plans is regularly monitored by officials.

Ms. Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will publish the budget agreed with each training and enterprise council in England and Wales for 1992–93, broken down into the five major expenditure blocks; and if she will make a statement.

Mr. McLoughlin

The budget allocations for training and enterprise councils in England and Wales for 1992–93 are still subject to negotiation in some of the Department's training, enterprise and education directorate regions and therefore not yet available.