§ Ms HoeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if his Department is seeking to be a preferential creditor following the collapse of South Thames training and enterprise council.
§ Mr. PaiceThe Department is a secured creditor of South Thames training and enterprise council by virtue of the debenture it has with the TEC.
§ Ms HoeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what meetings he and his ministers have had with training agencies who had contracted with South Thames TEC, since the TEC's collapse.
§ Mr. PaiceNone of the Ministers of this Department has had any meetings with training agencies who had contracted with South Thames training and enterprise council since the appointment of the receiver by South Thames TEC. However, officials from the Government office for London have been in contact with most providers.