HC Deb 26 June 1996 vol 280 cc161-3W
Mrs. Roche

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of the budget of each TEC in England and Wales last year(a) was spent and (b) could be used to support management training for small firms. [34121]

Mr. Paice

Of the main training and enterprise council budgets administered by the Department, those for employer investment in people—EIP—and skills for small businesses—SSB—may be used to support management training for small firms.

Table 1 shows the percentage of each TEC's expenditure on DFEE programmes in 1995–96 which was used for EIP and SSB. Information is not available on how much was spent within these budgets on management training.

In addition, TECs have had the opportunity to put forward proposals for funding under the Department for Trade and Industry's skills challenge—a fund for small businesses and business enterprise support budget.

Funding for TECs in Wales is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.

Table 1: Percentage of TEC spend on employer investment in people (EIP) and skills for small businesses (SSB)
TEC spend 1995–96 EIP SSB percentage
South East
Hampshire 4.53
Heart of England 4.66
Isle of Wight 11.79
Kent 2.78
Milton Keynes and North Buckinghamshire 5.18
Surrey 9.39
Sussex 6.45
Thames Valley enterprise 4.71
London
Aztec 7.68
Centec1 11.72
Cilntec 9.40
London East 5.75
North London 9.59
Northwest London 6.15
Solotec1 4.79
South Thames 3.90
West London 6.95
Table 1: Percentage of TEC spend on employer investment in people (EIP) and skills for small businesses (SSB)
TEC spend 1995–96 EIP SSB percentage
Eastern
Bedfordshire 5.39
Cambstec 10.64
Essex 3.01
Greater Peterborough 6.66
Hertfordshire 5.43
Norfolk and Waveney 5.47
Suffolk 6.05
South West
Devon and Cornwall 4.04
Dorset 7.17
Gloucestershire 3.95
Somerset 7.58
Westec 4.17
Wiltshire 2.33
West Midlands
Birmingham 5.05
Central England 8.97
Coventry and Warwickshire 5.04
Dudley 4.94
Hawtec 5.32
Sandwell 4.18
Shropshire 4.71
Staffordshire 4.9
Walsall 5.65
Wolverhampton 4.14
East Midlands
Greater Nottingham 5.94
Leicester 5.81
Lincolnshire 3.75
North Derbyshire 6.08
North Nottinghamshire 4.57
Northamptonshire 7.60
Southern Derbyshire 6.52
Yorkshire and Humberside
Barnsley and Doncaster 2.45
Bradford and District 4.09
Calderdale and Kirklees 3.05
Humberside 4.50
Leeds 4.50
North Yorkshire 4.96
Rotherham 6.09
Sheffield 4.75
Wakefield 4.14
Merseyside
Cewtec 4.92
Merseyside 4.04
Qualitec 2.17
North West
Bolton and Bury 5.02
Cumbria 3.35
Eltec (East Lanes) 5.62
Lawtec (Lanes West) 6.41
Manchester 6.03
Metrotec Ltd. (Wigan) 4.99
Normidtec 3.99
Oldham 3.83
Rochdale 4.26
South and East Cheshire 7.28
Stockport/High Peak 6.65
North East
County Durham 3.44
Northumberland 4.94
Table 1: Percentage of TEC spend on employer investment in people (EIP) and skills for small businesses (SSB)
TEC spend 1995–96 EIP SSB percentage
Sunderland City 2.35
Teesside 3.17
Tyneside 4.95
1 include payments made to these TECs who took over responsibility for programmes previously run by South Thames TEC.