§ Mr. DismoreTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the use of claims based on individual learning account funds to support terrorist activities. [26774]
§ John HealeyWe have no evidence that ILA funds have been used for terrorist activity.
§ Sue DoughtyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many ILA learning providers have to date(a) had complaints and (b) had no complaints made against them. [27159]
§ John HealeyWe have had complaints concerning non-compliance with the ILA rules and regulations against 565 ILA learning providers out of a total of approximately 8,500 registered on the England ILA database.
We had serious concerns about 86 providers and are in the process of investigating 82 of these.
§ Sue DoughtyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many of those ILA learning providers that have had no complaints made against them have received all payments owed to them for the ILA scheme. [27159]
§ John HealeyWe have as a matter of priority been working to validate outstanding claims to providers. On814W 21 December, all learning providers that have had no complaints made against them received payment for claims they had submitted up to 21 November.
We intend making a further payment by Friday 25 January 2002 for learning confirmed between 21 November and 23 November.
Officials will be writing to learning providers once arrangements for future payments for learning that was booked on the ILA system up to its closure on 23 November are finalised.
§ Sue DoughtyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if consultation on a replacement scheme for individual learning accounts will be by invitation only; and if she will consider submissions from all interested parties. [27161]
§ John HealeyAlthough the views of providers, account holders and other key partners are being particularly sought, we welcome and will consider submissions from anyone who feels they have a contribution to make on a successor programme to ILAs.