31.
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how his Department will monitor the effectiveness of training enterprise councils.
Training and enterprise councils (TECs) will set out in their corporate and business plans detailed proposals for training and enterprise to meet local needs. These plans will form part of a TEC's contract with my Department. They will set out key targets and progress towards these targets will be monitored on a regular basis.
62.
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many training and enterprise councils have received development funding.
Seventy-two training and enterprise councils (TECs) have been awarded development funding to date. Of these, 13 TECs have now been approved to become operational.
46.
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the progress of TECs in the north-west.
Five training and enterprise councils (TECs) in the north-west have been approved to become operational, covering Cumbria, south and east Cheshire, Oldham, Rochdale and east Lancashire.A number of other prospective TECs in the north-west are currently preparing their corporate and business plans and I expect them to become operational in due course.
38.
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the first 10 training and enterprise councils to become operational.
Contracts for the first 10 training and enterprise councils (TECs) to become operational were signed on 3 April. These covered:
- Hertfordshire
- Thames Valley
- Devon/Cornwall
- Dorset
- Calderdale and Kirklees
- Cumbria
- South and East Cheshire
- Teesside
- Tyneside
- Wearside