HC Deb 06 May 1993 vol 224 c197W
Mr. Hunter

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the 1993–94 budget for each of the training centres in Northern Ireland.

Mr. Atkins

Responsibility for the subject in question has been delegated to the Training and Employment Agency under its chief executive, Mr. J. S. Crozier. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from J. S. Crozier to Mr. Andrew Hunter, dated 6 May 1993:

You have asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for the 1993–94 budget for each of the Training Centres in Northern Ireland.

As Chief Executive of the Training and Employment Agency (Northern Ireland) the Secretary of State has asked me to reply.

The Training and Employment Agency operates a network of 12 Training Centres throughout Northern Ireland. At this stage in the training year, budgets have not yet been finalised for individual Training Centres as the main recruitment period follows the annual school leaving date in late June.

However, the Public Expenditusre Survey allocation for the Training Centres network is:

£ million
Programme expenditure (training costs, training allowances and related expenditure) 10.957
Capital, including energy efficiency measures 0.704

In addition salaries travel subsistence and other administrative costs will be met from the Agency's Running Cost Budget.

However the estimated net expenditure for each Training Centre including central services costs in 1992–93 was:

£
Alfred Street/Leander House 625,200
Ballymena/Ballymoney 2,376,600
Boucher Road, Belfast 2,266,200
Craigavon 1,893,500
Dundonald, Belfast 2,140,000
Enniskillen 1,325,600
Felden 2,207,200
Lisburn 1,547,100
Maydown, Londonderry 1,568,200
Newry/Downpatrick 1,945,900
Omagh/Strabane 1,439,700
Springtown, Londonderry 2,164,700
21,499,900