HC Deb 31 January 1994 vol 236 cc544-6W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will itemise the expenditure on the administration of the teacher placement service, including printing, advertising and stationery costs as well as worker expenses(a) over the last year and (b) since the scheme was developed.

Miss Widdecombe

Responsibility for the administration of the teacher placement scheme rests with training and enterprise councils. The Department does not hold details of the administrative costs involved.

Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will itemise the expenditure on the administration of TEC challenge, including printing, advertising and stationery costs as well as worker expenses(a) over the last year and (b) since the scheme was developed.

Miss Widdecombe

Responsibility for the administration of TEC challenge rests with training and enterprise councils. The Department does not hold details of the administrative costs involved.

Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will itemise the expenditure on the administration of the programme development fund, including printing, advertising and stationery costs as well as worker expenses(a) over the last year and (b) since the scheme was developed.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Employment Service agency under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from M. E. G. Fogden to Mr. Keith Vaz, dated 31 January 1994:

The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question about the expenditure on the administration of the Programme Development Fund (PDF).

We do not collect the information that you have requested. It may help if I explain a little about the background to PDF and the way it is administered.

The Programme Development Fund is a fund held by all ES Regional Directors and by Directors for Scotland and Wales. It is there to support local initiatives for assisting people who need special help to get back to work.

These initiatives run alongside the mainstream work of ES offices and are a small, but important part of an overall total. Since, in the main, staff who administer PDF are also involved in a range of other activities it is impossible to separate out costs.

I hope this is helpful.

Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will itemise the expenditure on the administration of the business start-up scheme, including printing, advertising and stationery costs as well as worker expenses(a) over the last year and (b) since the scheme was developed.

Miss Widdecombe

Responsibility for the administration of the business start-up scheme rests with training and enterprise councils. The Department does not hold details of the administrative costs involved.

Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will itemise the expenditure on the administration of the local initiative fund, including printing, advertising and stationery costs as well as worker expenses(a) over the last year and (b) since the scheme was developed.

Miss Widdecombe

Responsibility for the administration of the local initiative fund rests with training and enterprise councils. The Department does not hold details of the administrative costs involved.

Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will itemise the expenditure on the administration of compacts and inner-city compacts, including printing, advertising and stationery costs as well as worker expenses(a) over the last year and (b) since the scheme was developed.

Miss Widdecombe

Responsibility for the administration of compacts and inner-city compacts rests with training and enterprise councils. The Department does not hold details of the administrative costs involved.

Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will itemise the expenditure on the administration of the education-business partnerships, including printing, advertising and stationery costs as well as worker expenses(a) over the last year and (b) since the scheme was developed.

Miss Widdecombe

Responsibility for the administration of the education business partnerships rests with training and enterprise councils. The Department does not hold details of the administrative costs involved.