§ Mr. JamiesonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the business and education board of the Devon and Cornwall TEC meetings from 1 January 1990. [25608]
§ Mr. PaiceNo. Training and enterprise councils are private companies. This is a matter for Devon and Cornwall training and enterprise council.
§ Mr. JamiesonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) if she will list the members of the business and education board of the Devon and Cornwall training and enterprise council since its foundation; [25302]
621W(2) what inquiries are undertaken into the background of directors before the granting of financial assistance to companies by the business and education board of regional training and enterprise councils; and if he will make a statement; [25303]
(3) if she will list those members of the business and education board of the Devon and Cornwall training and enterprise council who were involved in (a) advising on and (b) awarding financial assistance to Rom Data Corporation Ltd., Falmouth; [25304]
(4) if she will list the companies that have received financial assistance from the business and education board of the Devon and Cornwall training and enterprise council since its foundation by (a) year, (b) scheme and (c) the number of these companies still trading. [25305]
§ Mr. Paice[holding answer 18 April 1996]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to him on 16 April, Official Report, column 396. These are matters for training and enterprise councils, as private companies, and for Devon and Cornwall training and enterprise council in particular.