HC Deb 03 March 1994 vol 238 cc865-6W
Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the annual cost to his Department of running freephone and freepost facilities related to the career development scheme.

Miss Widdecombe

The cost of the Department of freephone and freepost facilities associated with career development loans were £10,000 and £4,500, respectively

Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have been accepted under the career development loans scheme for each year since its introduction; what was the average amount of loan made; and how many loans were made(a) up to £500, (b) between £500 and £1,000, (c) between £1,00 and £2,000, (d) between £2,000 and £3,000, (e) between £3,000 and £5,000 and (f) and over £5,000 in each year since the introduction of the scheme.

Miss Widdecombe

The following table sets out the number of approved career development loans by loan value, for each of the financial years since the scheme was introduced nationally in July 1988.

in 1992–93. The further costs of handling the freephone and freepost responses and dispatching the requested literature amounted to some £145,000.