§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much public money has been spent, in the further education sector, on private training agencies in each of the past five years. [31424]
§ Mr. AncramThis is a matter for the Training and Employment Agency under its chief executive, Mr. Julian Crozier. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from J. S. Crozier to Mr. Tony Worthington, dated 30 June 1995:
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has asked me, as Chief Executive of the Training and Employment Agency, to reply to your question.No public money is given to private sector training agencies to provide training in the further education sector as such.However money was paid in the last 5 years to private sector training organisations to provide training under the Youth Training Programme and under the Agency's Job Training Programme which offers training to unemployed adults. Such organisations receive from the Agency a weekly block grant paid in respect of each participant on training. They commonly buy training facilities from Further Education colleges out of the block grant. Details of these payments are not provided to the Agency and I am unable therefore to provide the information in the form requested.However the attached table details the total monies paid over the past 5 years to private sector organisations in the delivery of the Agency's training programmes.I hope you find this information helpful.
Youth programmes expenditure Youth training Paid1 to private sector £ Adult training Fees2 paid to training organizations £ 1990–91 8,881,402 3,379,403 1991–92 10,175,432 4,500,344 1992–93 11,264,446 6,943,978 1993–94 11,742,859 9,447.598 1994–95 12,044,957 11,107,560 1 The cost of trainee allowances are included in the expenditure and would be approximately 35 per cent. of the total costs. 2 The amounts represent the total expenditure on adult provision. The Agency does not keep separate details for Private Sector organisations.