To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what amount of provision of training he will purchase from the Merseyside training and enterprise council in 1992–93.

[holding answer 10 February 1992]: This is the subject of local negotiations. Therefore figures for 1992–93 are not available.The Employment Department contract with Merseyside training and enterprise council for 1991-92 is made up of the following expenditure:

	£
Block 1	20,906,987
Block 2	12,960,897
Block 3	3,551,350
Block 4	1,205,303
Block 5	2,029,638
Total	40,654,170

Block 1 covers: Youth Training and Education.Block 2 covers: Adult Training—Employment Training.Block 3 covers: Business and Enterprise.Block 4 covers: Other expenditure including local initiative fund activities, advertising and publicity etc.Block 5 covers: Management costs.