§ Mr. CabornTo ask the President of the Board of Trade in what ways the regional directors of the integrated regional offices are accountable to Parliament. [6693]
§ Mr. EggarThe regional directors of the Government offices for the regions are civil servants reporting jointly to the Secretaries of State for the Environment, for Education and Employment, and for Transport, and to the President of the Board of Trade, each of whom is accountable to Parliament for the work of his or her Department.
§ Mr. CabornTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what performance measures the Government are using to assess the effectiveness of the integrated regional offices. [6692]
§ Mr. EggarEach Government office is being set performance targets in the areas of competitiveness, regeneration and sustainable development, the
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Department for Education and Employment: 1995–96 Budgets (£k) NE NW YH M WM EM ER SW SE L Employers Investment in People/Investors in People 3,292 7.936 6,505 2,179 6,064 5,366 4,509 3,731 6,283 9,061 Skills for Small Businesses 439 975 876 267 966 719 905 857 1,430 1,566 Childcare Grants 976 2,020 1,712 548 1,917 1,438 2,003 1,626 2,653 2,225 Training for Work Fees 24,984 29.996 32,556 20.021 29,212 19,209 18.943 23,635 23,285 47,445 Allowances 26,030 31.251 33.919 20,804 30,435 20,013 19,736 24,624 24,260 46,996 Youth Training, Youth Credit and Modern Apprenticeships 54.987 102,821 76.354 31,974 73,680 61.130 63,398 54,509 77,395 59,120 Accelerated Modern Apprenticeship Starts 734 975 897 300 913 718 991 804 1,302 986 Pre-16 work Experience 325 407 284 118 740 280 642 385 1,082 437 Competitiveness Fund 1,164 2,588 2,124 713 2,609 1,521 1,943 1,903 3,209 2,813 Development Fund 588 1,307 1.072 360 1,317 768 981 961 1,529 1,420 Careers Service including London Central Careers Unit 10.783 21,680 20.741 7.084 20,404 14.658 19.549 16.621 27.690 26,202 Careers Staff and Teacher Training 237 481 462 137 441 313 418 350 587 534 Careers Libraries 83 179 159 46 172 128 171 149 246 190 development of partnerships, the internal management of the office and the administration of departmental programmes. These targets are being developed as part of the Government offices MINIS exercise, and will be published in the new financial year.
§ Mr. CabornTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the programme expenditure for each of the integrated regional offices. [6694]
§ Mr. EggarThe information requested is as follows:
Department for Trade and Industry: 1995–96 Expected expenditure outturn (£m) European Regional Development Fund Payment to third parties 47.6 Regional Selective Assistance 103.5 Inward Investments 12.4 Locally delivered Business Services1 135.8 Export Promotion Schemes and Services 55.7 Small Firms' Merit Award for Research and Technology (SMART) 11.9 Support for Programmes under Research (SPUR) 7.9 Notes:
The table identifies the main DTI programmes in whose administration and delivery the Government Offices are involved. The Government Offices are not directly involved in administering or delivering the whole amount of the programme expenditure identified in the table. Regional breakdowns for DTI programmes are not available.
1Includes development of Business Links.
Department of Transport: 1995–96 Government office Forecast outturn (£k) NE 152 NW 75 YH 55 M 40 WM 46 EM 20 ER 38 SW 53 SE 91 L 6,062 Expenditure includes the costs of the Woolwich Ferry. transportation studies, statutory advertising and public enquiries.
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Department of the Environment: 1995–96 Forecast outturn (£ million) NE NW YH M WM EM ER SW SE L Housing investment programme 64.9 134.4 119.7 37.1 136.7 84.3 93.6 97.8 136.8 337.0 Housing partnership fund 1.6 2.8 2.7 0.7 3.1 1.9 2.1 2.8 3.2 9.7 Cash incentive scheme 0.6 1.9 0.3 0.7 1.9 1.5 4.8 2.6 10.9 34.6 Specified capital grant for private sector renewal 12.6 52.0 32.3 13.5 49.1 25.6 24.4 33.8 43.6 49.8 Single regeneration budget 151.7 139.5 127.9 101.4 137.5 72.1 9.3 31.8 9.8 328.4 European regional development fund1 12.5 17.9 19.2 14.9 10.8 8.3 — 4.5 0.6 — 1Figures for European regional development fund are the period 1 April 1994 to 15 December 1995.