§ Mr. HunterTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what has been the expenditure on participants in(a) employment action and (b) employment training in each year of operation;
(2) what has been the expenditure on providers in (a) employment action and (b) employment training in each year of operation;
(3) what has been the total expenditure, including administrative costs, on (a) employment action and (b) employment training, in each year of operation.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe information is not available in the form requested. The Department contracts with training and enterprise councils (TECs) to provide agreed numbers of training weeks for employment action and employment training and outputs for employment training at agreed unit prices.
Total expenditure on both programmes, excluding administrative costs, in each year of operation is shown in the following table. The Department does not record separate administrative costs on a programme basis.
Expenditure on employment training and employment action Great Britain £ million Year Employment training Employment action 1988–89 425 — 1989–90 1,107 — 1990–91 1,076 — 1991–92 842 16 1992–931 807 178 1 Figures for 1992–93 show planned provision.