§ Mr. JenkinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of the Staffordshire TEC budget was spent on(a) management training for small firms and (b) business start-up training in each of the last five years. [15352]
§ Dr. HowellsIt is not possible to respond to this question as "management training for small firms" is not identified as a separate TEC budget line by either DfEE or DTI.
The situation with regard to Business start-up training is given below (only the last four years detailed records are readily accessible).
Contract year TEC budget1(£million) Business start-up budget2£ Business start-up budget as a percentage of TEC budget 1994–95 26.3 800,555 3 1995–96 26.0 159,124 0.6 1996–97 28.3 400,000 1.4 1997–98 24.5 557,348 2.3 1 TEC budget 1994–95 and 1995–96 comprises of DfEE funds only. TEC Budget 1996–97 and 1997–98 comprises of DfEE funds and DTI Business Support funds (including ERDF co-financing). 2Business start-up budget 1994–95 and 1995–96 comprises of DfEE funds only. Business start-up budget 1996–97 comprises of £350,000 from the Single Regeneration Budget and £50,000 from Staffordshire TEC Reserves.
Business start-up budget 1997–98 comprises of £289,000 from the Single Regeneration Budget, £131,000 from Staffordshire TEC Reserves and £137,348 for Enterprise Rehearsal within the DfEE funding stream for Training for Work.