HC Deb 20 March 1997 vol 292 cc880-2W
Mr. Byers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the post-tax surplus or deficit for each training and enterprise council for 1995–96. [21310]

Mr. Paice

The following table lists the post-tax surpluses or deficits incurred by training and enterprise councils in 1995–96. The figures are those shown in the audited statutory accounts lodged at Companies House.

TECs are allowed to generate surpluses and create reserves by subcontracting training at a lower unit price than that negotiated with the Department. Surpluses are used by TECs on activities in support of their corporate and business plan objectives which are agreed with Government. Examples of the use of these funds include the provision of additional opportunities within existing DfEE programmes; matching funding for single regeneration budget or European-funded projects; training, enterprise or economic development initiatives agreed with TECs' local communities; and topping up reserves where they are insufficient to meet cash flow and other fluctuations.

TECs/CCTEs by region Post tax operating surplus/(deficit)
1995–96 £
Northern
County Durham (646,364)
Northumberland 475,842
Teesside 437,000
Tyneside 2,101,000
Sunderland (Wearside) 1,590,984
3,958,462
Merseyside
CEWTEC 897,592
Merseyside (2,867,096)
St. Helens (293,520)
(2,263,024)
North west
Bolton/Bury (238,453)
Manchester 560,301
METRO 213,325
Oldham 102,240
Rochdale 138,448
South and East Cheshire 1,322,376
Stockport and High Peak (48,248)
Cumbria 422,291
ELTEC (74,614)
LAWTEC (337,754)
NORMID 539,256
2,599,168
Yorkshire and the Humberside
Barnsley/Doncaster 2,552,000
Bradford (436,245)
Calderdale and Kirklees 97,846
Humberside 419,280
Leeds 207,287
North Yorkshire (132,000)
Rotherham 1,074,660
Sheffield 788,000
Wakefield 500,611
5,071,439
Eastern
Bedfordshire 392,006
Cambridgeshire 378,209
Essex 2,459,798
Greater Peterborough (75,628)
Hertfordshire 520,000
Norfolk and Waveney 1,372,000
Suffolk 1,158,123
6,204,508
East Midlands
Greater Nottingham 817,000
Leicester 1,252,154
Lincolnshire 652,071
Northamptonshire 443,441
TECs/CCTEs by region Post tax operating surplus/(deficit)
1995–96£
North Derbyshire 138,008
North Nottinghamshire 280,867
South Derbyshire 642,000
4,225,541
West Midlands
Birmingham 1,013,000
Central England 255,810
Coventry/Warwick 976,966
Dudley (277,643)
HAWTEC 309,857
Sandwell 385,104
Shropshire 497,489
Staffordshire 385,000
Walsall 563,982
Wolverhampton 161,000
4,270,565
South West
Westec 341,000
Devon/Cornwall (620,000)
Dorset (264,911)
Gloucester 980,410
Somerset (48,000)
Wiltshire 28,106
416,605
London
AZTEC 884,679
CENTEC (22,482)
CILNTEC 54,123
LETEC 2,505,452
North London 802,634
North West London 1,051,535
SOLOTEC 2,575,000
West London 1,383,308
9,234,249
South East
Hampshire (1,077,933)
Wight 140,565
Kent 1,385,448
Milton Keynes North Bucks 222,758
Heart of England (352,446)
Surrey (56,808)
Sussex (960,000)
Thames Valley Enterprise 333,309
365,107
Grand total 33,352,406