§ Mrs. EllmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will make a statement on the combined budgets for TECs in England for 1998–99. [39003]
§ Dr. HowellsThe total DfEE TEC budget provision for 1998–99 is £1,304 million.
§ Mrs. EllmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the 1998–99 budget for each TEC in the North West in the geographical area within which the North West Regional Development Agency will operate; and what is the total of these budgets. [39004]
§ Dr. HowellsInformation relating to individual TEC budgets will not be available until contract negotiations between TECs and their providers have been completed. This is expected to be around October.
661WThe total 1998–99 budgets for the TECs in the geographical area within which North West Regional Development agency will operate is £219,492,210.