HC Deb 28 March 2000 vol 347 cc73-4W
Gillian Merron

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment which TECs(a) have and (b) have not published audited accounts for the years 1997–98 and 1998–99. [116306]

Mr. Wicks

My Department holds copies of the audited statutory accounts for all 72 TECs in England for these years. Copies have also been placed in the House of Commons Library.

Mr. Berry

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will break down the numbers of people whose level of Access to Work support last year fell into the bands(a) £0 to £1,000, (b) £1,000 to £5,000, (c) £5,001 to £10,000 and (d) more than £10,000. [115519]

Ms Hodge

The Employment Service does not collect information on Access to Work in the form requested. Access to Work has no upper or lower limit for support and applications fall within all the bands listed, including more than £10,000.

In 1998–99, £19.5 million was spent helping 16,000 disabled people in employment. The average cost of support was £1,200.

The following table gives a breakdown of the spend and numbers helped through the various elements of Access to Work during 1998–99:

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