§ Mr. BowdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many appeals by firms against paying the industrial training levy demanded by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board were heard by an industrial tribunal in(a) 1988, (b) 1989, (c) 1990 and (d) 1991, respectively; and how many were (i) successful and (ii) unsuccessful.
§ Mr. McLoughlinPrior to July 1991, engineering construction was covered by the Engineering Industry Training Board (EITB). That board was re-named the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) on 23 July 1991 when the engineering manufacturing sector moved its training arrangements to a non-statutory basis.
In 1988 one appeal against the EITB was heard and was successful. No further appeals have been heard against either the EITB or the ECITB.
§ 1991. Mr. BowdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will place in the Library a list of all the 715W companies who paid the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board levy in (a) 1989, (b) 1990 and (c)
§ Mr. McLoughlinThis information is not available to me. It is held only by Engineering Construction Industry Training Board and I have no power to require the board to supply me with such information.
§ Mr. BowdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what future plans she has for the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board.
§ Mr. McLoughlinMy right hon. and learned Friend, the previous Secretary of State, appointed the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board in July 1991 for a three-year period up to 22 July 1994. As with all non-Departmental public bodies, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State shall review the need for its continuance before any decision is made on its reconstitution.