Sector Skills Councils: Finance Mr. Boswell To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much public money has been advanced to sector skills councils; how much has been repaid; and what arrangements have been made for repayment of outstanding loans. Mr. Lammy Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) receive public money from a range of sources. This normally takes the form of grant funding for the delivery of specific projects, mainly relating to occupational standards and qualification reform delivery. The schedule shows the forecast amount contracted with SSCs by the Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA) during 2005/06 and 2007/08 financial years (1 April to 31 March). Information about other public money paid to SSCs is not available centrally. In addition to contracting with SSCs for this project activity, the Sector Skills Development Agency provides core funding to SSCs to support delivery of their agreed business plans. Core funding contracts are normally of three years duration and most SSCs are now on their second contract. The overall contract values range between £4 million and £7.2 million for the three year period and the payment profiles vary, by individual agreement with each SSC. Such grant funding is tied to the delivery of agreed contractual outputs and outcomes. The SSDA does not loan money to SSCs. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |£000 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Forecast 2007/081|Actual 2005/06| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Core funding|Other funding|Total|Core funding|Other funding|Total| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Asset Skills |1,463|2,647|4,110|1,388|743|2,131| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Automotive Skills |424|314|738|1,320|370|1,690| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cogent |1,645|665|2,310|1,428|495|1,922| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |ConstructionSkills |1,883|2,659|4,542|1,420|489|1,908| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Creative and Cultural Skills |730|832|1,562|1,378|815|2,193| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Energy and Utility Skills |1,665|1,242|2,907|1,445|434|1,879| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |e-skills UK |2,405|2,506|4,911|1,250|4,801|6,051| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Financial Services Skills Council |1,528|1,083|2,611|1,663|370|2,033| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GoSkills |1,100|1,172|2,272|1,325|733|2,058| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Government Skills |1,426|940|2,366|128|173|301| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Improve Ltd |1,283|1,108|2,392|1,475|546|2,021| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Institute of Motor Industry |1,274|1,396|2,670|—|—|—| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lantra |1,822|2,362|4,184|1,300|547|1,847| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lifelong Learning UK |1,096|606|1,702|1,575|588|2,163| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |People 1st |1,931|707|2,638|1,492|418|1,910| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Proskills UK |1,145|976|2,121|1,141|1,055|2,195| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |SEMTA |1,727|1,728|3,455|1,405|793|2,198| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Skillfast-UK |1,866|1,739|3,604|1,319|729|2,048| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Skills for Care and Development |1,168|820|1,988|1,488|855|2,342| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Skills for Health |1,770|1,704|3,474|1,438|354|1,792| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Skills for Justice |1,571|1,459|3,030|1,488|639|2,127| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Skills for Logistics |1,702|1,402|3,103|1,519|751|2,270| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |SkillsActive |1,803|1,141|2,944|1,325|874|2,199| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Skillset |1,756|1,831|3,587|1,716|435|2,151| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Skillsmart Retail |1,273|1,277|2,549|1,393|260|1,653| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |SummitSkills |1,751|757|2,508|1,381|228|1,608| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total funding |39,207|35,071|74,278|34,195|18,496|52,691| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Forecast for period 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008 based on information at 31 December 2007.| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------