HC Deb 31 October 1995 vol 265 cc143-5W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment on what date her Department last sent a financial appraisal and monitoring team for a review of the monitoring and sample checking systems of the Barnsley and Doncaster TEC in relation to operating agreement compliance, if the non-vocational qualification claims under output-related funding of training provided by all companies providing training at the Barnsley and Doncaster TEC are verified, and if she will make a statement. [38992]

Mr. Paice

The Government office for Yorkshire and Humberside carried out the first phase of an annual audit of Barnsley and Doncaster training and enterprise council's financial control systems in July 1995, and is returning to complete the audit during November 1995.

In the course of annual audits of this kind, including that at Barnsley and Doncaster TEC, a large sample of claims for every type of output from companies providing training and other training providers is verified.

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list by year since its inception how much (a) profit and (b) loss Barnsley and Doncaster TEC has made. [39012]

Mr. Paice

Barnsley and Doncaster training and enterprise council's first published accounts were for the year ended 31 March 1991 and covered the period 1 January 1991 to 31 March 1991.

Annual results since inception are as follows:

£000
Year ended Surplus/(Deficit) before tax Surplus (Deficit) after tax
31March 1991 505 293
31 March 1992 2,797 2,688
31 March 1993 1,017 1,012
31 March 1994 (882) (821)
31 March 1995 162 172

Source:

Barnsley and Doncaster TEC Annual Audited Accounts.

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list by year since its inception for Barnsley and Doncaster TEC how many out-of-school child care places were delivered, and how many are planned to be delivered in future years; and at what cost. [39049]

Mr. Paice

The first year of child care funding for Barnsley and Doncaster training and enterprise council was 1994–95.

In 1994–95 the TEC provided 252 child care places at a cost of £127,440. For 1995–96 the TEC has been allocated a target of a further 250 additional places at a contract value of £188,941. There is no funding available for new places in 1996–97 and future years.

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will publish a table showing the identifiable(a) capital and (b) revenue or current expenditure by Barnsley and Doncaster TEC, by district council electoral division or on any other geographical basis on which the data are collated or accounted, in each year since its inception; how much in both expenditure categories is (i) legally committed and (ii) planned for fiscal years 1995–96 and 1996–97; what is the pro-rata expenditure in each category for each district council electoral division, expressed as a percentage of the total capital and revenue budgets measured against their respective populations; if she will rank the district council electoral division in descending order by level of expenditure in both categories, and if she will make a statement. [38980]

Mr. Paice

The information requested is operational information on the Barnsley and Doncaster training and enterprise council and the question would be best addressed to the TEC to answer.

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the financial reserves held by the Barnsley and Doncaster TEC for each year since its inception. [39248]

Mr. Paice

Barnsley and Doncaster training and enterprise council first published accounts for the year-ended 31 March 1991, covering the period 1 January 1991 to 31 March 1991.

Financial reserves held since inception are as follows:

£000
Year ended Land and development fund reserve General fund reserve Total reserves
31st March 1991 293 — 293
31st March 1992 2,481 500 2,981
31st March 1993 3,288 705 3,993
31st March 1994 1,672 1,500 3,172
31st March 1995 1,844 1,500 3,344

Source:

Barnsley and Doncaster TEC Annual Audited Accounts.