§ Mr. DenhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will list those of his Department's responsibilities on which the integrated regional offices are required to advise him on the allocation of resources and, for each integrated regional office, the annual expenditure on each programme;
(2) if he will list those of his Department's responsibilities which are administered by the integrated regional offices and, for each integrated regional office, the estimated annual expenditure on each of these responsibilities;
(3) if he will list those of his Department's responsibilities on which integrated regional offices are responsible for preparing, advising on or implementing regional policy.
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§ Mr. PaiceGovernment offices for the regions are primarily concerned with delivering the Department's training, enterprise and education responsibilities. The estimated allocation of resources for the administration and the programmes delivered through the offices in 1994–95 is shown in the following tables:
Administration expenditure £000 South East 2,170 London 3,653 Eastern 1,960 South West 2,098 West Midlands 2,456 East Midlands 1,941 Yorkshire and Humberside 2,508 Merseyside 1,371 North West 2,904 North East 2,018 Total 23,079
Programme expenditure £000 Region Youth training Training for work Employer investment in People East Midlands 57,644 36,309 3,440 South West 55,568 28,115 2,738 London 58,441 58,430 5,967 South East 68,028 26,967 4,488 Eastern 56,713 22,892 2,260 Northern 60,784 39,137 3,574 North West (GM) 46,958 23,573 3,089 North West 74,718 37,914 4,353 Yorkshire and Humberside 80,136 47,047 3,978 West Midlands 74,916 44,052 5,247 Total 633,906 364,436 39,135
Programme expenditure continued £000 Region Business start up1 Local initiative fund1 TEC management fee East Midlands 7,230 5,539 9,259 South west 9,230 4,638 11,089 London 9,447 6,497 19,809 South east 7,868 4,461 13,031 Eastern 5,405 3,094 9,842 Northern 4,938 4,933 11,730 North west (GM) 5,869 3,083 8.720 North west 6,833 2,845 12,543 Yorkshire and Humberside 11,140 8,373 16,159 West Midlands 9,416 4,206 14,775 Total 77,377 47,669 127,303 1. Programme expenditure based on 1993–94 estimated regional expenditure (latest available figures). 1 Business start up and local initiative fund now form part of the single regeneration budget.