Training and Enterprise Councils (Hansard, 20 December 1994)

§ Mr. Redmond
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was(a) the cost of the Barnsley and Doncaster training and enterprise council and (b) the 1097W average cost of other training and enterprise councils for 1993–94.

§ Mr. Paice
Information on the amount of money the Department paid to training and enterprise councils in 1993–94 is still provisional. The total payment to the 75 English training and enterprise councils to cover programmes and running cost was £1,451 million; the average cost was £19.3 million. Barnsley and Doncaster training and enterprise council was paid £26.4 million.

§ Mr. Rendel
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total budget of the Berkshire training and enterprise council for the financial year 1994–95.

§ Mr. Paice
The training and enterprise council covering Berkshire, south Buckinghamshire and the Oxfordshire travel-to-work areas of Henley and Aylesbury is Thames Valley Enterprise Ltd. The budget made available by the Employment Department, Department for the Environment and the Department of Trade and Industry to Thames Valley Enterprise Ltd. during 1994–95 is £36,466,659. The budget includes funding, via the training and enterprise councils, for business links. Budget information below training and enterprise councils level is not available.

§ Mrs. Maddock
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total budget of the Dorset training and enterprise council for the year 1994–95.

§ Mr. Paice
The total budget made available by the Department to Dorset training and enterprise council for the year 1994–95 is £19.7 million.

§ Mr. Jenkin
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what progress Calderdale and Kirklees training and enterprise council is making in meeting the criteria for the award of a three-year licence.

§ Mr. Paice
I am pleased to announce that Calderdale and Kirklees training and enterprise council has now completed the process of meeting the rigorous standard we set for the award of the new three-year licences. Its licence will be effective from April 1995.

§ Mr. Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the funding of the salary and office expenses and overheads of the office of the national training and enterprise council director.

§ Mr. Paice
[holding answer 19 December 1994]: We understand that the Training and Enterprise Council National Council is funded by contributions from individual TECs. The TEC national council is responsible for decisions about salaries of its staff and office costs.