HC Deb 11 February 2002 vol 380 cc97-9W
Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his answer of 31 January 2002,Official Report, column 483W, how many learning providers fall into each decile measured by the amount owed to them by her Department (a) on 23 November 2001 and (b) on 24 October 2001; and what was the upper and lower value of each decile. [33786]

John Healey

[holding answer 5 February 2002): The figures for amounts owed in the tables include payments due for eligible claims and amounts withheld from providers already suspended prior to the closure of the programme on 23 November. The figures for amounts owed in the table for 23 November also include amounts withheld pending validation checks on claims.

(a) Amounts owed to providers at 23 November 2001
Decile Range start (£) Range end (£) Number of registered providers
1 1 100,826 2,323
2 100,826 201,651 23
3 201,651 302,477 9
4 302,477 403,303 6
5 403,303 504,129 0
6 504,129 604,954 2
7 604,954 705,780 0
8 705,780 806,606 1
9 806,606 907,431 0
10 907,431 1,008,257 1
Total 2,365

(b) Amounts owed to providers at 24 October 2001
Decile Range start (£) Range end (£) Number of registered providers
1 1 34,660 1,238
2 34,660 69,320 33
3 69,320 103,980 8
4 103,980 138,640 0
5 138,640 173,300 3
6 173,300 207,960 0
7 207,960 242,620 1
8 242,620 277,280 0
9 277,280 311,940 1
10 311,940 346,600 1
Total 1,285

Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many learning providers under the ILA scheme fall into each decile measured by the value of their work for the Department; and what was the upper and lower value of each decile. [33787]

John Healey

[holding answer 5 February 2002]: The figures of registered learning providers listed in the table relate only to those providers who have at some stage made claims through the Individual Learning Account Centre system. The value of work covers the period from 1 September 2000 to 23 November 2001 and includes amounts withheld from providers already suspended prior to the programme closure on 23 November and amounts withheld pending validation checks on claims.

Decile Range start (£) Range end (£) Number of registered providers
1 1 626,347 5,984
2 626,347 1,252,694 48
3 1,252,694 1,879,042 20
4 1,879,042 2,505,389 3
5 2,505,389 3,131,736 1
6 3,131,736 3,758,083 1
7 3,758,083 4,384,430 1
8 4,384,430 5,010,778 0
9 5,010,778 5,637,125 0
10 5,637,125 6,263,472 2
Total 6,060

Miss McIntosh

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the level of fraud discovered in individual learning accounts. [34012]

John Healey

The Department's Special Investigations Unit is investigating 93 registered learning providers. Of these, police are investigating 13 and the Department's Special Investigation Unit is discussing a further 53 with the police.

44 arrests have been made in relation to allegations of fraud with the operation of the individual learning account programme, 12 have been charged one of whom has been convicted.