§ Baroness Blatchasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answers by Baroness Ashton of Upholland on 13 November (WA 74) and 15 November (WA 101–102), given that the first information about irregular applications for individual learning accounts was received on 11 June this year, what was the nature of the 2,019 complaints received between September 2000 and 31 May 2001. [HL1431]
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§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Skills (Baroness Ashton of Upholland)From March 2001, complaints received by the ILA Centre were categorised by type and covered a wide range of issues such as the learning eligible for discounts, requests for ILA membership to be backdated, service provision and providers. Prior to March 2001, the ILA Centre had not been required to categorise complaints in its records. Recorded complaints received between these dates in respect of non-compliance with the rules of the programme included aggressive marketing, improper use of the ILA and DfES logos and offers of free training to which individuals were not required to contribute.
§ Baroness Blatchasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they have any information that terrorists either individually or as part of an organisation have been involved with illicit applications either as providers for, or as recipients of, individual learning accounts; and, if so, when it was brought to their notice. [HL 1728]
§ Baroness Ashton of UphollandWe have no evidence that ILA funds have been used for terrorist activity.