HC Deb 22 April 1996 vol 276 c51W
Mr. Byers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will investigate the award of contracts to Sight and Sound by the former South Thames training and enterprise council. [26285]

Mr. Paice

Training and enterprise councils are private companies. The award of contracts by TECs to providers of training is a matter for the companies concerned.

Mr. Byers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will investigate the quality of courses being operated by Sight and Sound through through training and enterprise council. [26284]

Item Tax satisfied £ Conditions as to destination Date of MGC recommendations
George I pier glasses 128,086.00 Conditional 20 January 1994
Reynolds' Count Ugolino 121,067.00 Conditional 15 December 1994
Three Nicholson paintings, two Hepworth drawings and collection of miscellaneous 225,400.00 Conditional 17 November 1994
Chattels from Killerton 206,816.65 Conditional 31 October 1994
Two silver gilt steeple cups 84,000.00 Conditional 6 September 1994
Drais gold snuff box 8,750.00 Conditional 1 June 1995
Eddison collection of theatre material 117,660.00 Wish 20 December 1994
Paris Bordon "Return from the Flight to Egypt" 430,794.00 Conditional 25 April 1995
Luca Cambiaso "Christ brought before Pontius Pilate" 70,000.00 Unconditional 29 August 1995
Yves Tanguy "La Journée Bleue" 280,000.00 Conditional 22 May 1995
Lord Keeper's Cup 47,985.15 Unconditional 27 April 1995
Langford-Brooke Archive 42,000.00 Wish 26 July 1995
Aboriginal Bark paintings and prints 12,201.00 Unconditional 15 August 1995
Joseph Wright "Two Girls Dressing a Kitten" 31,339.41 Conditional 1 March 1996
Bottger Teapot 35,000.00 Unconditional 20 April 1995
German Stoneware 140,000.00 Unconditional 1 June 1995
Gell Family Papers 79,359.79 Wish 7 March 1996
Stubbs "Lemon and White Spaniel" 840,000.00 Wish 28 July 1995
French Furniture 2,170,000.00 Conditional 18 July 1994
Six works of art including paintings by Dubuffet, Hodgkin, and Caulfield and a sculpture by Brancusi 4,336,500.00 Wish 27 April 1995

The total expenditure in respect of the AIL scheme for the financial year 1995–96 was £9,406,959. Three offers, for which a total of £7,346,500 tax was forgone, and for which the DNH accordingly paid the Inland Revenue, were met by calls on the reserve.