Training and Enterprise Councils

HC Deb 18 February 1998 vol 306 cc727-31W

Mr. Pearson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the(a) amount

TEC/CCTE administration costs
	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97
TECS by region	Admin costs £	Admin costs/ total income (%)	Admin costs £	Admin costs/ total income (%)	Admin costs £	Admin costs/ total income (%)
Northern
County Durham	2,844,998	10.62	2,788,821	10.80	3,424,190	14.05
Northumberland	2,170,801	13.35	3,286,182	19.43	3,330,965	18.97
Teesside	3,501,000	12.74	4,101,000	13.67	4,036,000	13.85
Tyneside	3,928,000	9.49	3,266,000	9.03	3,110,000	7.50
Sunderland (Wearside)	1,589,414	10.22	1,561,552	10.46	1,798,644	12.08
Total	14,034,213	11.01	14,993,555	12.12	15,699,799	12.32
Merseyside
CEWTEC	1,952,421	10.40	1,492,117	7.84	1,700,188	8.28
Merseyside	4,626,182	10.29	4,160,515	11.32	5,575,071	12.33
St. Helens	990,569	12.05	2,024,904	26.83	1,902,854	19.53
Total	7,569,172	10.45	7,677,536	12.12	9,178,113	12.16

Dr. Howells

The list of major computer systems purchased by the department, associated non-departmental bodies and agencies over the past five years is given in the following Table 1. Table 2 is a list of planned purchases for the next financial year.

and (b) proportion of overall budget spent by each training and enterprise council on administration, in (i) 1994–95, (ii) 1995–96 and (iii) 1996–97. [28498]

Dr. Howells

I have provided figures showing spend on administration costs and the proportion ofthe overall income of each of the English Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) as stated in their consolidated annual statutory audited accounts, a copy of which is in the Library. It is not possible to identify separately administrative expenditure attributable to DfEE budgets.

Any direct comparison of administration costs between TECs could be misleading, both because there is no statutory definition of administration costs and also because of the range of training and enterprise activities TECs undertake.

TEC/CCTE administration costs
	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97
TECS by region	Admin costs £	Admin costs/ total income (%)	Admin costs £	Admin costs/ total income (%)	Admin costs £	Admin costs/ total income (%)
North West
Bolton/Bury	10	10.00	10	10.00	13,074,109	120.40
Manchester	2,973,860	7.94	2,964,812	8.33	2,674,336	6.16
Wigan	1,888,508	17.36	2,541,016	24.63	3,067,908	26.90
Oldham	1,006,057	12.51	1,058,063	13.44	1,315,818	14.81
Rochdale	656,133	7.20	694,865	8.45	845,669	9.90
South & East Cheshire	1,051,417	6.16	1,066,414	6.54	1,095,807	6.67
Stockport & High Peak	898,243	8.74	795,970	8.50	775,861	6.88
Cumhria	2,060,190	10.37	1,737,220	8.77	1,787,020	7.80
ELTEC	10	10.00	10	10.00	10	10.00
LAWTEC	10	10.00	10	10.00	10	10.00
NORMID	1,203,943	7.89	1,166,455	8.08	1,138,903	7.08
Total	11,738,351	6.05	12,024,815	6.67	15,775,431	7.73
Yorks & Humber
Barnsley/Doncaster	2,259,000	7.67	2,651,000	11.78	2,533,000	12.57
Bradford	1,514,564	8.60	1,834,388	12.91	1,867,564	11.91
Calderdale & Kirklees	2,348,460	11.47	2,391,688	13.02	2,444,082	12.17
Humberside	13,257,145	110.08	13,188,684	111.19	13,989,577	112.51
Leeds	2,392.053	12.43	2,639,925	14.65	2,765,170	14.83
North Yorks	1,481,000	8.99	2,438,000	16.72	2,662,000	14.50
Rotherham	1,406,127	11.78	1,520,704	12.35	1,520,892	11.94
Sheffield	1,649,000	8.09	1,635,000	9.00	1,352,000	7.85
Wakefield	1,188,133	10.24	1,014,172	10.85	1,069,032	13.20
Total	17,495,482	9.75	19,313,561	12.38	20,203,317	12.40
Eastern
Bedfordshire	1,518,605	12.05	1,585,159	13.22	1,764,509	12.67
Cambridgeshire	1,103,244	12.06	1,029,725	13.44	1,021,075	11.93
Essex	3,156,151	9.80	3,051,851	11.00	3,184,000	10.00
Gtr. Peterborough	1,010,561	10.22	1,187,394	12.59	1,063,347	9.22
Hertfordshire	1,698,000	6.88	1,590,000	7.69	1,651,000	7.43
Norfolk & Waveney	2,841,000	13.23	3,066,000	14.50	3,450,000	15.88
Suffolk	1,148,694	7.97	1,270,670	8.72	1,107,145	7.33
Total	12,476,255	10.03	12,780,80,799	11.29	13,241,076	10.60
East Midlands
Gtr. Nottingham	1,521,000	6.75	2,059,000	12.17	2,209,000	11.34
Leicester	2,293,012	9.84	2,231,128	9.68	2,616,201	10.95
Lincolnshire	10	10.00	10	10.00	10	10.00
Northamptonshire	1,237,785	9.12	1,346,628	11.10	1,608,134	10.89
North Derbyshire	1,935,855	13.11	2,027,060	17.20	2,245,502	16.14
North Nottinghamshire	1,364,870	5.41	1,073,908	5.31	1,035,340	5.40
South Derbyshire	1,561,000	8.76	1,527,000	9.05	2,135,000	12.28
Total	9,913,522	6.99	10,264,724	8.31	11,849,177	8.92
West Midlands
Birmingham	2,954,000	8.81	2,921,000	9.10	3,270,000	7.94
Central England	897,848	8.25	910,320	8.18	1,049,615	9.35
Coventry/Warwick	1,336,237	4.89	1,376,763	5.68	1,571,268	5.46
Dudley	1,273,292	11.83	1,502,820	18.89	2,046,690	18.21
HAWTEC	1,153,623	8.93	1,208,427	8.77	2,531,101	16.31
Sandwell	835,866	6.61	966,895	8.13	947,523	7.62
Shropshire	1,175,098	9.26	1,210,530	9.85	2,163,446	15.01
Staffordshire	2,995,000	9.53	2,942,000	10.00	3,440,000	11.12
Walsall	1,367,391	16.08	1,219,799	15.01	1,267,271	13.8
Wolverhampton	697,000	6.66	739,000	7.91	1,216,000	11.34
Total	14,685,355	8.58	14,997,554	9.36	19,502,914	10.51
South West
Werstec (Avon)	2,950,000	11.84	3,171,000	13.27	3,317,000	12.37
Devon/Cornwall	6,405,000	14.82	7,059,000	17.67	8,004,000	18.91
Dorset	1,442,896	9.05	1,116,695	8.13	1,055,284	6.97
Gloucester	2,726,513	17.75	1,312,168	8.84	1,556,058	9.73
Somerset	1,822,761	13.49	1,508,920	12.95	1,736,696	12.90
Wiltshire	1,792,597	13.59	1,940,660	19.33	2,109,602	17.54
Total	17,139,767	13.59	16,108,443	14.12	17,778,640	14.14

TEC/CCTE administration costs
	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97
TECS by region	Admin costs £	Admin costs/ total income (%)	Admin costs £	Admin costs/ total income (%)	Admin costs £	Admin costs/ total income (%)
London
AZTEC	1,856,188	13.66	2,025,883	17.25	1,605,736	11.86
CENTEC	2,878,041	12.71	4,048,449	13.23	1,605,678	13.06
CILNTEC	3,116,232	15.59	3,226,423	17.62	3,356,523	15.49
LETEC	3,814,563	11.75	3,108,749	11.22	3,246,756	10.15
North London	2,587,420	11.43	2,697,670	11.41	2,960,868	11.11
North West London	1,141,113	9.67	979,308	8.96	1,142,732	9.67
SOLOTEC	2,684,946	13.87	4,691,000	17.01	3,318,000	10.91
West London	1,747,613	9.41	1,873,074	9.91	1,897,613	8.13
Total	19,826,116	12.31	22,722,506	13.36	22,133,906	11.37
South East
Hampshire	2,128,114	7.09	2,068,853	8.54	2,396,000	8.24
Isle of Wight	544,541	13.27	639,016	17.65	588,434	15.64
Kent	3,064,096	83.25	3,558,408	10.4	3,978,723	10.76
Milton Keynes/North Bucks	1,005,491	9.82	1,089,104	11.10	1,035,079	8.24
Heart of England	2,310,937	19.62	2,824,725	23.69	3,405,577	25.37
Surrey	2,365,167	18.62	2,474,805	22.60	2,478,369	19.90
Sussex	2,802,000	12.10	3,834,000	19.32	5,018,000	20.81
Thames Valley Ent.	2,186,361	6.99	2,151,690	6.69	2,432,870	7.45
Total	16,406,707	12.92	18,640,601	12.60	21,333,052	12.93
Grand Total	141,284,940	9.92	149,524,094	11.06	166,695,425	11.12
1 These TECs/CCTEs have adopted a statutory accounting format which does not disclose administrative expenditure separately. The Companies Acts do not require disclosure, or a common definition of administration costs in the statutory accounts of limited companies. Therefore, it is not possible to make meaningful comparisons between TECs/CCTEs in respect of these costs.

Mr. Chaytor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment he has made of the extent of overpayment from public funds to training and enterprise councils in 1996–97 and each of the three previous years. [29925]

Dr. Howells

The Department keeps records of overpayments arising in training and enterprise councils in England. For 1996–97 these amounted to £5,089,122.51.

Figures for the three previous years were:

• 1995–96: £2,320,846.51
• 1994–95: £4,977,004.13
• 1993–94: £4,616,440.57.