HC Deb 18 November 1997 vol 301 cc156-8W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list those TECs which have internet sites and what percentage of the total this represents. [15516]

Dr. Howells

I understand from the TEC National Council that, at 15 September, 40 TECs had internet sites. This represents 55 per cent. of all English TECs. A list follows:

  1. AZTEC
  2. Barnsley and Doncaster TEC
  3. Birmingham TEC
  4. Bradford and District TEC
  5. CAMSTEC
  6. Central England TEC
  7. County Durham and Darlington TEC
  8. Cumbria TEC
  9. Devon and Cornwall TEC
  10. Focus Central London TEC
  11. Gloucestershire TEC
  12. Greater Nottingham TEC
  13. Hampshire TEC
  14. Hereford and Worcester CCTE
  15. Humberside TEC
  16. Kent TEC
  17. Leeds TEC
  18. Lincolnshire TEC
  19. Manchester TEC
  20. Merseyside TEC
  21. Milton Keynes and North Bucks CCTE
  22. Norfolk and Waveney TEC
  23. North Derbyshire TEC
  24. North London TEC
  25. North Nottinghamshire TEC
  26. Northumberland TEC
  27. Rochdale TEC
  28. Rotherham CCTE
  29. Sheffield TEC
  30. SOLOTEC

Ministerial Overseas Travel: 2 May–11 November
Minister Date(s) of visit Country Purpose of visit Expenditure (£)
From To
Andrew Smith 09/06/97 10/06/97 Switzerland ILO Conference 2,110.28
Baroness Blackstone 25/06/97 26/06/97 Luxembourg Education Council 2,804.91
Secretary of State/Andrew Smith 26/06/97 27/06/97 Luxembourg Social Affairs Council 6,938.85
Kim Howells 04/07/97 05/07/97 Switzerland Attendance at Skills Olympics 1,664.67
Baroness Blackstone 04/07/97 05/07/97 Luxembourg Social Affairs Council 1,736.14
Kim Howells 13/07/97 14/07/97 Germany UNESCO Conference 1,907.41
Baroness Blackstone 25/07/97 01/08/97 Botswana Commonwealth Education Ministers' Conference 22,602.49
Baroness Blackstone 26/09/97 28/09/97 Italy Conference on Education 527.57
Alan Howarth 05/10/97 09/10/97 USA To examine Welfare to Work Initiative and Disability Legislation 12,651.00
Kim Howells 06/10/97 07/10/97 Germany To examine German "dual" system of training 1,190.13
Andrew Smith 06/10/97 07/10/97 Luxembourg Social Affairs Council 2,785.03
Andrew Smith 14/10/97 15/10/97 France OECD Meeting 2,424.37
Secretary of State 15/10/97 16/10/97 France Bilateral Meeting 1,084.83
Kim Howells 27/10/97 28/10/97 Luxembourg EC Youth Council Meeting 2,122.46
Baroness Blackstone 02/11/97 03/11/97 Netherlands Bilateral Meeting 1—
Andrew Smith 06/11/97 07/11/97 Belgium Employment Week and Special Social Affairs Council 1—
Andrew Smith 10/11/97 11/11/97 Sweden Meeting with French Minister of Labour 1—
1 Costs have not yet been brought to account.

  1. Somerset TEC
  2. South and East Cheshire TEC
  3. Southern Derbyshire CCTE
  4. Sunderland City TEC
  5. Surrey TEC
  6. Sussex CCTE
  7. Thames Valley Enterprise
  8. Tyneside TEC
  9. Wakefield TEC
  10. West London TEC.