Insolvency Service (Hansard, 31 October 1994)

§ Mr. Austin Mitchell
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what estimate he has made of the costs of training(a) an Insolvency Service examiner, (b) an E grade examiner and (c) a D grade examiner.

§ Mr. Heseltine
The direct costs associated with the basic professional and technical training of an E grade examiner are £7,000 and for a D grade are £8,500. These do not include the salary cost of the examiner or of internal presenters and tutors
In addition, examiners undergo development and management training and have the opportunity to progress to full accountancy qualification

§ Mr. Austin Mitchell
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the future of the Insolvency Service's LOIS computer system in the event of the recommendation of Stoy Hayward in respect of contracting out Insolvency Service work being accepted

§ Mr. Heseltine
Consideration will be given to the application of the Insolvency Service LOIS computer system in the event that the case administration work of official receivers is contracted out.