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To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding they provided to each of the sector skills councils in each of the past three years for which figures are available; and how many staff each of them employs. [HL5627]
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills provides grant in aid funding to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills to contract with sector skills councils for work on areas such as national occupational standards and labour market information. The funding provided to each sector skills council by the UK Commission, and its predecessor the Sector Skills Development Agency, in the years 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 is given below along with the number of staff as at 30 June 2009.
Most sector skills councils also receive other funding from a range of sources, including other government departments, and this is reflected in their staffing figures.
Sector Skills Council Funding in 2006-07 £000 Funding in 2007-08 £000 Funding in 2008-09 £000 Staffing as at 30 June 2009 Asset Skills 2,365 4,537 3,624 50 Automotive Skills (IMI) 1,966 3,079 2,875 47 Cogent 1,938 2,499 2,545 44 Construction Skills 2,972 4,490 3,801 1550 Creative and Cultural Skills 2,631 1,782 2,947 55 Energy and Utility Skills 2,415 3,211 2,598 63 e-skills UK 6,774 5,039 3,331 57 Financial Services Skills Council 1,928 3,199 3,755 38 GoSkills 2,280 2,373 3,151 35 Government Skills 1,802 2,537 1,737 51 Improve Ltd 2,688 2,229 2,607 33 Lantra 2,272 4,413 3,653 93 Lifelong Learning UK 1,954 1,875 2,511 177 People 1st 1,781 2,790 3,613 58 Proskills UK 2,376 2,575 2,828 44 Semta 3,659 3,614 3,610 93 Skillfast-UK 2,295 3,487 2,851 32 Skills for Care and Development 2,035 1,444 2,079 12 Skills for Health 2,646 2,993 2,799 249 Skills for Justice 1,714 3,283 4,253 71 Skills for Logistics 2,352 1,940 2,438 39 SkillsActive 2,596 3,626 3,314 85 Skillset 4,243 3,807 3,665 82 Skillsmart Retail 2,553 2,891 3,013 37 SummitSkills 1,760 2,648 2,127 39