§ Mrs. LaitTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people in the borough of Bromley had individual learning accounts; how many account248W holders were the victims of fraud; and what plans there are to allow Beckenham account holders to complete the training plans they had begun. [12697]
§ John HealeyOn the basis of the recorded postcode information available, by 31 October 2001, 12,015 people in the borough of Bromley had opened an individual learning account through the national framework launched on 4 September 2000.
The police have made 30 arrests in England involving four individual learning account (ILA) providers registered at the ILA centre. No allegations of fraud have yet been brought to court.
The individual learning account centre will continue to accept and process bookings for learning up until 7 December 2001, for all present members. The learning start date to which the bookings relate must be within six months of the date of booking. Learners do not have a deadline in which to complete an episode of learning.