Training and Enterprise Councils...Training and Enterprise Councils Research Paper 97/48 7 May 1997 [Appendix I revised 1 August 1997] Between the Spring of 1990 and the Autumn of

Training and Enterprise Councils

Research Paper 97/48

7 May 1997[Appendix I revised 1 August 1997]

Between the Spring of 1990 and the Autumn of 1991, responsibility for the administration of mostGovernment training and enterprise programmes was transferred from the Department ofEmployment to a new network of 82 (now 79) Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) inEngland and Wales and 22 Local Enterprise Companies (LECs) in Scotland. This Research Papergives a brief account of the reasons for this change and some details of the composition, functions,funding and mechanics of TECs. It concentrates on TECs rather than LECs, although much ofwhat is said about TECs applies equally to LECs. To help Members who may need to approachtheir local TEC, Appendix 1 lists all Parliamentary constituencies with the name of the TEC orLEC operating in their area. This has been compiled by Susan Kielty. Appendix 2 gives theaddress and telephone numbers of the TECs. Appendix 3 lists the LECs in Scotland. This Paperreplaces Research Note 92/21, "Training and Enterprise Councils", which has been updated withthe help of Jeremy Gyepi-Garbrah.

Julia LourieBusiness and Transport Section

House of Commons Library

Library Research Papers are compiled for the benefit of Members of Parliament and their personalstaff. Authors are available to discuss the contents of these papers with Members and their staff butcannot advise members of the general public.

CONTENTS

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Summary 5

I Background 7

A. TEC Mergers 10B. TEC National Council 12

II Status and Composition 12

A. Annual Contracts 13B. Three Year Licences 14C. TEC Boards 15D. Labour and Liberal Democrat Policies 16

III Staffing 19

IV Functions 20

V Funding 22

VI Accountability 23

VII Issues 27

VIII Further Reading 30

Appendix 1 Parliamentary Constituencies and TECs inEngland and Wales, and LECs in Scotland 33

Appendix 2 Names and Addresses of TECs in England and Wales 57

Appendix 3 Names and Addresses of LECs in Scotland 71

Appendix 4 TEC Programmes and Funding Methods 1995/96 72

Appendix 5 TEC Budgets 1991/92 - 1996/97 77

Summary

• During 1990-1991, the Conservative government transferred responsibility for deliveringthe training and enterprise programmes previously organised by the EmploymentDepartment to a network of independent, local, employer-led Training and EnterpriseCouncils (TECs). Their aim was to "place the 'ownership' of the training and enterprisesystem where it belongs - with employers".

• In Scotland, responsibility was transferred to a similar network of Local EnterpriseCompanies (LECs) which also took over responsibility for local economic developmentfrom the Scottish Development Agency.

• Through a process of merger, the number of TECs in England and Wales has been reducedfrom 82 at the start to 79 in May 1997. Ten of these have merged with local Chambers ofCommerce to form Chambers of Commerce, Training and Enterprise (CCTEs).

• TECs are private companies limited by guarantee, but receive over 95% of their income from central government. They operate by means of annual agreements negotiated with theGovernment Office for the region in which they are situated. In turn, the TECs contractwith providers such as employers, colleges, voluntary organisations and training companies,who actually deliver the programmes.

• The main programmes delivered through TECs are training and work experience for youngpeople (including Youth Training and Modern Apprenticeships), training for the adultunemployed (Training for Work), Investors In People (designed to raise standards oftraining within companies) and, in partnership with Business Links, advice to small firms.

• There are complicated funding arrangements which vary from year to year, but there hasbeen an increasing emphasis on output-related funding - linking payment to measurableoutcomes such as job placements and qualifications achieved rather than to the number oftraining weeks delivered


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I Background

TECs are independent, local, employer-led councils which were established throughout the countryduring 1990 and 1991 to take over responsibility for running the training and enterpriseprogrammes previously organised by the Department of Employment's Training Agency. Theproposal to devolve responsibility for these programmes to a local level and to inject a strongdegree of private enterprise into them was first announced in the White Paper, "Employment for the1990s", published in December 1988:1

5.7 The Government now intend to build on the existing involvement andcommitment of business by inviting local groups led by employers tosubmit proposals for the establishment of Training and EnterpriseCouncils (TECs) in England and Wales to contract with Government toplan and deliver training and to promote and support the developmentof small businesses and self-employment within their area. This will meanthe Council engaging the commitment of employers to training and educationand to fostering enterprise in their local communities. TECs will enabletraining and enterprise activities, including the Government's major trainingprogrammes, to be tailored to local needs. They will provide a vehicle to bringdecision-makers together in the interests of broader economic developmentand of creating active local partnerships. In this way, the Government hope toplace 'ownership' of the training and enterprise system where it belongs - withemployers.

5.8. The Training and Enterprise Councils will have several key functions. They willexamine the local labour market, assessing key skill needs, prospects forexpanded job growth and the adequacy of existing training opportunities. Theywill draw up a plan, containing measurable objectives for securing qualitytraining and enterprise development that meets both Government guaranteesand community needs, tailoring national programmes to suit area needs and toachieve agreed performance outcomes. They will manage training programmesfor young people, for unemployed people, and for adults requiring newknowledge and technical retraining. They will be responsible for thedevelopment and provision of training and other support for small businessesrelevant to local needs. This activity will include the planning andadministration of the Enterprise Allowance Scheme, and the counsellingcurrently provided in England through the Small Firms Service. This servicewill continue to be provided in Wales by the Welsh Development Agency.

5.9 TECs will also work in co-operation with the private sector to harness theconsiderable resources which are being applied to encourage and support smallbusiness enterprise through local enterprise agencies. They will be responsible

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for promoting and directing more private sector investment in training,vocational education and enterprise activities designed to strengthen the localskill base and to spur economic growth. It is envisaged that TECs will becomean important local forum and agent for change, building relationships betweenkey interest groups, and investing public and private resources to enhance theeconomic vitality of the community and the social wellbeing of its citizens. TheWelsh Office will consider how best to integrate the training responsibilities ofTECs in Wales with the enterprise activities undertaken by the WelshDevelopment Agency and Mid Wales Development and by the Departmentitself.

The Scottish equivalent of TECs are LECs (Local Enterprise Companies). Like TECs, they arelocal, employer-led bodies, but they have a wider remit, being responsible not only for training andenterprise but also for economic development (previously the responsibility of the ScottishDevelopment Agency). The Scottish changes were announced in the White Paper, "ScottishEnterprise", published in December 1988:2

5.1 At national level, the creation of Scottish Enterprise will do much to promotea climate within which Scottish entrepreneurial talents can flourish; but it is atlocal level that the process of economic development must be focused. Inrecognition of this the Government propose to promote the establishment of anetwork of local employer-led agencies to take on this task. As alreadymentioned, Enterprise Trusts have shown the way by involving local businesspeople in work on behalf of the community. The challenge is an invigoratingone: an opportunity is being offered to people of proven talent to take onexecutive responsibilities in their areas without remuneration but for thecommon good. The concept stands or falls on the willingness of people ofcalibre to respond to this exciting challenge.

5.2 Each local agency would be responsible for stimulating the growth of self-sustaining enterprise, encouraging the creation of viable jobs and the reductionof unemployment and improving the skills of the workforce in its area. Clearlyin the training field the existing national programmes will form an importantpart of the services offered by the new organisations; while working withinnational policy guidelines, they will nevertheless have the flexibility to developlocal solutions to local problems.

5.3 Clearly there is scope for different views as to how much of the SDA'spresent activities could or should be devolved to local level. There areattractions in delegating as much authority as possible to the local level, thusgiving the local agencies the widest possible flexibility and power to respond to

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the problems and opportunities of the local economy. In certain of its areas ofoperation, however, a national remit and powers have proved a major strengthof the Agency. Similarly the Training Agency's success in implementing majorchange (for example through the Technical and Vocational EducationInitiative) has stemmed from its national focus. A balance will have to bestruck between local and central powers which enables the retention of presentstrengths as well as the desired improvement of local delivery. TheGovernment have not yet come to a conclusion as to where this balanceshould lie.

Groups of local businessmen were invited to apply for development funding in prospectuseslaunched in March 1989 (for England and Wales), August 1989 (for the Scottish Lowlands) andOctober 1989 (for the Highlands and Islands). In England and Wales, it was left to the prospectiveTECs to determine their geographical coverage.3 The Scottish Prospectuses contained maps andasked prospective LECs to relate their applications to one of the areas shown on these maps.4 Thefinal decisions on the award of contracts to run TECs and LECs were taken by the Secretary ofState for Employment in England and Wales and by the Secretary of State for Scotland in Scotland. In practice, there was little competition for contracts and development plans were drawn up inclose consultation with regional offices of the relevant Departments. The only competitionoccurred in London where different TECs found it hard to agree which boroughs should fall towhich TEC. In the end the National Training Task Force (a body set up by the Secretary of Stateto oversee the introduction of TECs) had to adjudicate.

The first TECs became operational in April 1990.5 They were in:-

Calderdale and KirkleesCumbriaDevon and CornwallDorsetHertfordshireSouth and East CheshireThames ValleyTeessideTynesideWearside.

3 Department of Employment, "Training and Enterprise Councils: a prospectus for the 1990s", March 1989, p 114 Industry Department for Scotland, "Towards Scottish Enterprise", Prospectus, August 1989. Industry

Department for Scotland, "Towards Highlands and Islands Enterprise", Prospectus, October 19895 Department of Employment Press Release, 3 April 1990, "Training and Enterprise Councils Go Live"


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The last - the Central London TEC - was launched in October 1991.6 In Scotland all the LECsbecame operational in April 1991 when Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprisetook over from their predecessors, the Scottish Development Agency and the Highlands andIslands Development Board.7 Scottish Enterprise now has responsibility for LECs in LowlandScotland and Highlands and Islands Enterprise has responsibility for LECs in the Highlands andIslands. In April 1992, responsibility for TECs in Wales was transferred from the Department ofEmployment to the Welsh Office, so Welsh TECs now contract directly with the Secretary of Statefor Wales.8

A. TEC Mergers

The TEC network established in 1990/91 has not remained static.

South Thames TEC, which covered the London Boroughs of Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham andSouthwark, went into receivership on the 21 December 1994. The Press Notice announcing theTEC's collapse explained that "the situation had arisen because the TEC had major financialdifficulties including liabilities to the Department and others which exceeded its assets."9 The TECreportedly owed £1.6 million to 33 training contractors and £5 million to the EmploymentDepartment.10 From 24 April 1995, South Thames TEC's responsibilities were divided betweenthe two adjacent TECs, Central London TEC (CENTEC) and South London TEC (SOLOTEC). The former added Lambeth and Southwark to its existing boroughs of Camden, Kensington andChelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham, and Westminster; and the latter included Greenwich andLewisham with Bexley, Bromley, Croydon and Sutton.11

Further rationalisation has occurred in London. On 23 May 1996, CENTEC and the Central andInner London North TEC (CILNTEC) agreed to merge in April 1997.12 This TEC is now calledFocus Central London. Extraordinary General Meetings of North East Wales TEC and NorthWest Wales TEC (TARGED) held on 9 April 1996 agreed to create through merger a single TECfor the North Wales area. This merger, too, took effect in April 1997.13 The merged TEC is calledNorth Wales TEC (or CELTEC).14

6 Department of Employment Press Release, 24 October 1991, "Employment Minister Launches Central London

TEC"7 HC Deb February 1991, c684W8 Welsh Office Press Notice, 20 September 19919 Department of Employment Press Release, 21 December 1994, "Employment Department Appoints Receiver For

South Thames TEC"10

Unemployment Unit Working Brief, May 1996, "Resolving the TEC crisis: why easing financial controls isn't theanswer", p16

11 Employment Department Press Notice, 24 April 1995, "James Paice announces the signing of contracts for TECservices in the South Thames Area"

12Financial Times, 24 May 1996, "Merged Tec will cover 1.8m of capital's staff"

13 HC Deb 29 April 1996, cc 389-390W14

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Some TECs have merged with local Chambers of Commerce to form Chambers of Commerce,Training and Enterprise (CCTEs). On 17 February 1994, Michael Heseltine, then President of theBoard of Trade, and David Hunt, then Secretary of State for Employment, announced that theyhad agreed in principle to voluntary mergers between individual TECs and Chambers ofCommerce, provided they met certain conditions.15 Until the 1997 General Election, theConservative Government's policy was "to encourage mergers, at the wish of both partners".16 There have been ten mergers so far - in Milton Keynes and North Bucks, Northamptonshire,Oldham, St Helens, South Derbyshire, Sussex, Rotherham, Wolverhampton, Shropshire, andHereford and Worcester - and applications have been received from Greater Peterborough, Wigan,Coventry and Warwickshire, and Norfolk and Waveny.17 A ruling by Inland Revenue SpecialCommissioners in 1995 that Oldham TEC was a charity rather than a private sector company (andwas therefore not liable for corporation tax) halted the momentum of such mergers.18 Charitiesmust devote themselves to charitable purposes and Chambers of Commerce, with their lobbyingand representational role, would not meet this description. There are other reasons why TECs donot wish to have charitable status, despite the tax advantages. In the event, though, the InlandRevenue's appeal against the Oldham decision to the High Court was successful and mergernegotiations were able to proceed.19

Several TECs have changed their names - usually to make them more meaningful - although thereremain some whose names give little clue to their geographical location. A list of changed namesand those whose areas are not obvious would include:

Avon TEC - now WESTECAZTEC - London boroughs of Merton, Wandsworth and Kingston upon ThamesCambsTEC - Central and South CambridgeshireCentral England TEC - Redditch, Solihull, Bromsgrove, Wyre Forest areaCEWTEC - Chester, Ellesmere Port and WirralELTEC - East LancashireHeart of England TEC - OxfordshireLAWTEC - Lancashire Area WestMETROTEC - WiganNORMIDTEC - now North & Mid Cheshire TECQUALITEC - now St Helens CCTESOLOTEC - South London (London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Croydon,Greenwich, Lewisham and Sutton)Thames Valley Enterprise - Berkshire, South and Mid Buckinghamshire, Henleyarea of OxfordshireWearside TEC - now Sunderland City TEC

15 Employment Department Press Notice, 17 February 1994, "Mergers between TECs and Chambers"16 White Paper, Competitiveness. Creating the Enterprise Centre of Europe, Cm 3300, June 1996, para 15.1217 HC Deb, 30 January 1997, c 339W18 Simons Weekly Tax Intelligence, 14 September 1995, "SpC 44 Oldham Training and Enterprise Council v IRC"19

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From the 1 April 1996 the boundaries of 3 LECs, Dunbartonshire Enterprise, LanarkshireDevelopment Agency and Glasgow Development Agency, were altered to make them coterminouswith the new local authorities.20 This did not however, alter the number of LECs in Scotland,which remains at 22.

B. TEC National Council

The TEC National Council was founded by TECs in 1993 to be the representative body of all theTECs in England and Wales.21 Its prime aim is to promote their interests. The Council has afederal structure which is designed to support the achievement of TEC policies and objectives,through co-operative efforts. It consists of members (TEC chairmen) elected by each of the tenregional groupings of TECs, and a Scottish representative. It is headed by an independentChairman. The Council has an "extensive network of consultative Policy, Strategy and TaskGroups, largely comprised of TEC Chief Executives, [which] supports the Council and helpsdevelop the capability and capacity of TECs."22 The Council receives no grant from thegovernment, so its income is obtained through TEC subscriptions. It describes itself as a "tradeassociation" of TECs.

II Status and Composition

TECs are companies limited by guarantee. The Employment Select Committee has described themas "private companies with a public role, organisations of a hybrid nature, quite unlike any otherbody".23

20 Scottish Office Press Notice, 31 May 1995, "Ian Lang announces new LEC boundaries". Response of the

Secretary of State for Scotland to the Report of the Scottish Affairs Committee on the Operation of theEnterprise Agencies and the LECs, Cm 3036, January 1996, para 4

21 TEC National Council leaflet, Training and Enterprise Councils: what they are and what they do, June 199522 Ibid23 Employment Committee, First Report 1995-96, The Work of TECs, HC 99, para 1


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A. Annual Contracts

Although TECs are private companies and must comply with Companies Act requirements, theyreceive over 95% of their income from the Government and operate largely by means of an annualagreement negotiated with the Government Office (GO) for the region in which they are situated. The agreement sets out the details of the programmes which the TEC will provide and the way inwhich they will be funded. Copies of the model agreement are deposited in the House ofCommons Library.24 TECs agree annual business plans and corporate plans with the GO. TheCorporate Plans should be based on annual strategic guidance issued to TECs by the Government. The most recent guidance - a slim and rather general document entitled TECs beyond 2000 - set theTECs three priorities:

"• to create and maintain dynamic local economies with strategic partners, inparticular local authorities;

• to support competitive business through effective investment ininnovation and the development and management of people, and increaseduse of business support services through the network of Business Links;and

• to build a world class workforce and create a learning society with theskills essential to successful businesses and individuals."25

The business plans contain annual targets for such things as the number of starts on YouthTraining, Training for Work or Modern Apprenticeships or the number of companies awardedInvestors In People status. TECs must also publish anual reports and accounts.26 The TECs, inturn, contract, usually on an annual basis, with training providers who actually provide the trainingcourses.

24 See, for example, TEC Operating Agreement and Annual Funding Agreement, 1996, Dep/3 2908. For 1997/98

there is a package of documents including a TEC & CCTE Planning Prospectus: Requirements & Guidance, aTEC & CCTE Finance Guide, a TEC & CCTE Annual FundingContract and a Standards Guide.

25 TECs beyond 2000: The Government's Strategic Guidance to TECs, 199626 The Business and Transport Section of the Library tries to keep a complete set of these documents


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B. Three Year Licences

In response to criticism from TECs that annual contracting made long term planning very difficult,the Government announced at the time of the November 1993 Budget that it "would introduce newarrangements which will offer the TECs the opportunity to earn a 3 year licence guaranteeing theircore administrative funding".27 The first such licences were awarded in November 1994 and ranfrom April 1995. They went to 12 TECs:28

Leicestershire TECLincolnshire TECNorth Derbyshire TECNorth Nottinghamshire TECNorthumberland TECSunderland City TECSouth & East Cheshire TECHAWTEC (Hereford and Worcester)Barnsley & Doncaster TECHumberside TECRotherham TECSheffield TEC

In February 1997, it was announced that ELTEC (the TEC for East Lancashire) had been awardeda three year licence from April 1997. This meant that all 74 TECs in England were now licensed.29

To be awarded a licence, a TEC must:30

• develop, with its partners, a three year corporate plan for its area, agreed with the localGovernment Office

• meet exacting national targets on a TEC's capability and delivery of its programmes as wellas its strategic impact

• deliver the Government's Youth Training Guarantee

• demonstrate financial viability and have satisfactory systems of financial control

27 Employment Department Press Release, 30 November 1993, David Hunt announces new Modern

Apprenticeship Scheme to boost Britain's skills28 Employment Department Press Notice, 29 November 1994, First TEC Licences announced by Employment

Minister29 DfEE Press Release, 5 February 1997, TECs come of age: Paice30 Ibid


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• the TEC must have gained Investors in People status and must have in place an operationalBusiness Link.

Whilst TECs awarded a licence are guaranteed core administrative funding for the duration of thelicence, they still negotiate annual contracts with the Secretaries of State for Education andEmployment, the Environment and Trade and Industry. A copy of the model (12 page) TECLicensing Agreement is deposited in the House of Commons Library.31 The annual agreement forlicensed TECs is called the Annual Funding Agreement (92 pages). It is almost identical to theTEC Operating Agreement (102 pages) which it replaces for licensed TECs.32

C. TEC Boards

TECs are run by Boards of Directors, at least two-thirds of whom must be very seniorbusinessmen. Apart from the Chief Executive, they are unpaid. The Licensing Agreement sets outthe conditions of eligibility for the Board:

"Board Eligibility

7.1 The TEC shall ensure that:

7.1.1 at least two-thirds of the Directors (including the Chairman of theboard) hold the office of chairman, or chief executive, or top leveloperational manager at local level, of a company or senior partner of aprofessional partnership within (in each case) the private sector;

7.1.2 the remaining Directors are chief executives or their equivalents fromeducation, economic development, trade unions, voluntary organisations orthe public sector. A managing director or chief executive of the TEC shallnot be counted in either category;

7.1.3 a Director ceases to hold office within three months after ceasing tosatisfy the eligibility requirements unless the Secretary of State forEducation and Employment and the TEC agree that he may continue inoffice;

7.1.4 the Secretary of State for Education and Employment is notifiedpromptly in advance of all changes in chairmanship and all appointmentsand removals of Directors and is notified promptly of any resignation of anyDirector. A Director shall join and remain on the board of Directors as anindividual and not as a representative of another company or organisation;

31 See, for example, Dep/3 2908 for the 1996 Agreement. For 1997/98 there is a (shorter) TEC & CCTE Licence.32 See, for example, TEC Operating Agreement and Annual Funding Agreement, 1996, Dep/3 2908


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7.1.5 no Director shall (except where he holds office as managing directoror chief executive of the TEC) receive any remuneration from the TEC or aSubsidiary of the TEC from payments made to the TEC by the Secretariesof State;

7.1.6 in the case of the TEC Chairman the company or partnership referredto in Clause 7.1.1 shall be a company or partnership (as the case may be) ofat least three years standing with either an annual turnover exceeding £5million or 25 or more full time employees."

There must be at least nine and not more than fifteen directors.33 In Scotland, there is a similarrequirement that two-thirds of Board Members should be business leaders, though the size of theBoards may be smaller there - 9 to 12 in the Lowlands and 7 to 12 in the Highlands and Islands.34

A full list of TEC Board Members is deposited in the House of Commons Library at regularintervals.35

A study of TECs and Their Boards, published in 1995, found that they "are still largely the domain ofwhite middle-aged males".36 Nationally only about 12% of directors are female and only 4% aredrawn from ethnic minority backgrounds.37 In 1992, 70% of TEC directors came from the privatesector, 9% from local authorities, 7% from education, 5% from trade unions and 4% from thevoluntary sector.38

D. Labour and Liberal Democrat Policies

Neither the Labour nor the Liberal Democrat manifesto for the 1997 General Election has much to sayabout TECs. Labour's Business Manifesto, Equipping Britain for the Future, says:

"The TECs are establishing a valuable private sector-led partnership to bring bestpractice in training to the broader business community. We will build on theseachievements.......

33 Employment Department, Training and Enterprise Councils: a prospectus for the 1990s, March 1989, p 1234 Industry Department for Scotland, Towards Scottish Enterprise, 1989, p 7, Towards Highlands and Islands

Enterprise, 1989, p 735 Operational Training & Enterprise Councils: lists of board members. Library Location Dep 3636 Graham Haughton et al, TECs and Their Boards, for the Department for Education and Employment, Research

Series No 64, October1995, para 2.1.237 ibid38 ibid, figure 2.1


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We will offer individual employees the opportunity to open Individual LearningAccounts to allow them to invest in their own skills. Using existing TEC resources,we will offer up to a million people the opportunity to open a learning account. Asmall investment of their own will be matched by a £150 training endowment from thegovernment."

Labour's general manifesto, New Labour because Britain deserves better, says:

"We will invest public money for training in Individual Learning Accounts whichindividuals - for example women returning to the labour force - can use to gain theskills they want. We will kickstart the programme for up to a million people, using£150 million of TEC money which could be better used and which would provide acontribution of £150, alongside individuals making small investments of their own."

There has been speculation that a Labour Government would reduce the role of TECs. The manifestoconfirms that Labour "will establish one-stop Regional Development Agencies to co-ordinate regionaleconomic development, help small business and encourage inward investment". A leaked report froma Labour Party Commission, chaired by Bruce Millan, on Strategies for Regional EconomicDevelopment, had proposed that TECs' direct involvement with enterprise should be drasticallycurtailed, that mergers with Chambers of Commerce should be halted, and that TEC funding should bereviewed.39 However, Labour has not adopted this as an official policy. At the TEC annualconference in 1996, Gordon Brown, the Shadow Chancellor, said:

"You are not just training councils but training and enterprise councils. I believe thatoriginal vision of TECs set out in its early days, that TECs are not just providers oftraining but an encouragment and catalyst for enterprise, is an idea whose time hascome and it is upon that wider vision I believe we should and must build."40

New Labour. New life for Britain, the "road to the manifesto" document published in July 1996, said:

"A training system with a top-down approach, levies and rebates, all throughgovernment, is simply not appropriate for the majority of industries. So we have madecritical changes.

The existing structure - TECs, NVQs, Investors in People - can remain and beimproved. But we must place the demand for skills in the hands of the individual. Wehave shown how public money spent on training could be invested in the form of

39 Agenda (the news report for TEC directors and executives), July 1996, "TECs should 'demerge and think again on

enterprise' "40 Agenda, August 1996, "Brown says 'TECs are an idea whose time has come' "


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Learn as You Earn accounts which individuals can then use to get the skills they want. This could be funded by, for example, switching resources within TEC budgets andsupplemented by employers."

The Liberal Democrat Manifesto, Make the Difference, says:

"To support companies that invest in education and training, and to encourage othersto do so, we will introduce a 2 per cent remissible levy on company payrolls. Thiswould be deductible against the cost of providing accredited training or makingcontributions to the Individual Learning Account. Small businesses will be exempt. We will give Training and Enterprise Councils the leading role in forging localpartnerships to meet youth training and employment needs."

Later this Manifesto states:

"We will set up regionally-based Development Agencies to build new partnershipsbetween small businesses, local Councils, Business Links, TECs and local Chambers ofCommerce. We will encourage these bodies to come together to provide 'one-stopshops'. We will enable Councils to raise capital for local infrastructure investment,where they work in partnership with the private sector. We will encourage industrialdevelopment by promoting geographical centres of industrial excellence."

Don Foster Liberal Democrat spokesman on Education and Employment, replied to a question on thefuture of TECs that:

"There is no doubt that TECs will play a role in the future training system. One oftheir successes has been to enable representatives of business and commerce toinfluence local training policy.

However, there are two problems with TECs. The first is that they still tend torepresent larger rather than smaller businesses in their local areas. And the second isthe continued lack of democratic accountability of TEC Boards. Both of these issueswill be addressed by the Liberal Democrats."41

III Staffing

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TECs were originally staffed, primarily, by civil servants on secondment from the Department ofEmployment's Training, Enterprise and Education Directorate (TEED). They were allowed to employadditional staff using privately raised funds and to establish incentive pay systems.42 On 16 December1991, Michael Howard, then the Secretary of State for Employment, announced that he intended toend secondment and move towards direct employment of staff by TECs by October 1996. CivilServants would have the right to return to the Department of Employment if they wished:43

Training and Enterprise Councils

Mr. Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what planshe has for the staffing of training and enterprise councils in the longer term.

Mr. Howard: On 26 July 1991 I wrote to the chairmen of all TECsproposing that discussions should begin with TECs, with the relevant tradeunions and with seconded staff about arrangements to secure the objective offreeing TECs to be the direct employers of their staff on terms and conditionsdecided by TECs.

I am writing today to TEC chairmen setting out the broadarrangements for phasing out secondments to TECs from the civil service byOctober 1996. These will give TECs the freedom to offer secondeesemployment in their TEC. Secondees in turn will be free to accept TECemployment or return to the Department when their secondment period ends.TECs will be provided with the funding to offer former secondee pensionprovisions broadly comparable with the principal civil service pension scheme.Subject to normal parliamentary procedures for notifying the giving of non-statutory guarantees and indemnities, I also propose to meet the costs ofredundancy entitlements for past civil service employment in the event of aredundancy arising as a direct result of Government action within the first fiveyears of the start of former secondee's employment in a TEC.

The reply to a PQ in December 1994 gives an indication of the number of civil servants who wereseconded to TECs and the number who returned:44

Mr. Betts: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how manycivil servants have been transferred to training and enterprise councils andlocal enterprise companies on a three-year secondment; how many were atgrade (a) senior information officer, (b) higher information officer, (c) higherexecutive officer and (d) senior executive officer; how many in each gradereturned to the civil service upon completion of their secondment; how many ofthose in each grade have since left the civil service on early retirement,voluntary redundancy or similar schemes; and how many of those remaining inthe civil service by grade are below the age of 58 years.

42 Department of Employment,"Training and Enterprise Councils: a prospectus for the 1990s" March 198943 HC Deb 16 December 1991, c4W44 HC Deb 15 December 1994, c745W


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Miss Widdecombe: Approximately 4,000 staff volunteered to secondto training and enterprise councils and local companies on three-yearsecondments, including some 21 SIOs, 144 HIOs, 855 HEOs and 178 SEOs.About 10 SIOs, 77 HIOs, 526 HEOs and 128 SEOs returned to theDepartment. Some five SIOs, 43 HIOs, 71 HEOs and 12 SEOs left on earlyretirement schemes. Most of those remaining are below 58 years of age.

The 1996 Annual Funding Agreement specifies that "no secondment may last beyond the end of theTEC's fifth full year of operation".45 As the last TEC to become operational did so in October 1991,all TEC staff must now be directly employed.

IV Functions

TECs have taken over responsibility for running a wide range of what used to be centralisedGovernment training programmes. In most cases, the programmes are actually delivered by"providers" who may be employers, colleges, voluntary organisations or training companies. The TECenters into annual contracts with these providers. Many clients, particularly the unemployed, arereferred by the Employment Service. The TECs also have responsibilities in the area of advice andsupport for small businesses, though these functions are increasingly being taken over by BusinessLinks. TECs are often involved as partners in local projects linked to training and enterprise.

Individual TECs frequently give programmes a different name from the standard "national" name. Thus Youth Training and Modern Apprenticeships go under the name of "Directions" in Wiltshire and"Career Plus" in North Nottinghamshire while Training for Work is called "Select" in Wiltshire and"Jobskills" in North Nottinghamshire.46 Whilst there are certain basic programmes (eg training foryoung people and for unemployed adults) which TECs must deliver, they also have a certain amountof discretion to introduce variations and initiatives of their own. At different times, different TECs willbe participating in different pilot schemes. National schemes also change with bewildering frequency. The list below, therefore, illustrates the range of services offered by the TECs either at present or inthe recent past:

• Training For Young People (including Youth Training, Modern Apprenticeships, andYouth Credits)

• Training For Work (the government programme for training unemployed adults)

45 Schedule Q3.246 Wiltshire TEC Annual Review 1995-96; North Nottinghamshire TEC Annual Report 1995-96


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• Employer Investment In People (including recognising companies as Investors In People)

• Career Development Loans - TECs can endorse applications from the unemployed

• Careers Service - TECs are partners, usually with Local Education Authorities, in most ofthe companies contracted to provide local careers services

• Business Enterprise Services - such as counselling, management training, business seminars,diagnostic and consultancy services (delivered through Business Links)

• Business Links - TECs are involved in all Business Links

• Out of School Childcare Initiative

• Work Experience

• Initiatives Funded through the Single Regeneration Budget Challenge Fund

• Initiatives funded through the Local Competitiveness Budget

• Adult Learning Information and Guidance

• Skills for Small Businesses

• Education Business Partnerships

• Further Education Competitiveness and Development Funds (in conjunction with FEcolleges)


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V Funding

More than 95% of the English TECs' income (£1,680 million in 1995/96) comes from Governmentand European sources.47 In 1995/96 these TECs were contracted to deliver programmes andactivities worth £1,518m to the DfEE,48 £102m to the DTI and £36m to the DoE.49 The bulk of themoney is intended for Training for Young People (42.2%) and Training for Unemployed Adults(33.2%).50 The amount of money disbursed through TECs has not been as high as originally expected.The original TEC prospectus, issued in March 1989, predicted that "almost £3 billion of public fundswill be contracted through TECs when the TEC network is complete". This figure has not beenreached . TEC budgets for Employment Department programmes for England have declined from ahigh of £1.86 billion in 1993/94 to £1.46 billion in 1996/97. Appendix 5 lists the EmploymentDepartment budget for each English TEC for each year since 1991/92.

It is difficult to gain an overall impression of the scale of TEC funding and activity because it is sofragmented. The Education and Employment Committee criticised this omission in its report on theDepartment for Education and Employment's Expenditure Plans 1996-97 to 1998-99:

"The former Employment Committee undertook an inquiry into the work of Trainingand Enterprise Councils (TECs) which pointed to the lack of detailed informationavailable about some aspects of TEC activity. No government department hasresponsibility for publishing figures for overall spending by TECs. The DfEE, theDepartment of Trade and Industry, the Department of the Environment and theFurther Education Funding Council each finance TEC programmes. Yet nowhere areconsolidated spending figures published, nor, for that matter are consolidated figuresfor the number of TEC employees. We find such omissions unacceptable."51

To the list of departments involved, one could add the Welsh Office, and, in Scotland, ScottishEnterprise and Highland and Island Enterprise.

Funding is delivered through a variety of mechanisms, which are varied from year to year, and arerather difficult to understand. The DfEE's Efficiency Scrutiny, The TEC Contract and ManagementFee, contains an Annex, reproduced as Appendix 4 to this paper which lists the TEC programmes andactivities funded in 1995/96 and their funding method. The funding arrangements for the four largestprogrammes are described as follows:

47 DfEE Efficiency Scrutiny, The TEC Contract and Management Fee, 1996, Executive Summary48 The sum was reduced to £1,484m in 1996-97 (HC Deb 20 March 1997, c 877W) and to £1,444m in 1997/98

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• Youth Training/Youth Credits/Modern Apprenticeships - "TECs submit bids to GovernmentOffices for volumes of trainees. Government Office and TEC agree volumes of weeks andoutputs and unit price, to meet Government Office targets. TECs are paid 25-40% of theirbudget for outputs and the balance for weeks."

• Training for Work - "Starts and output volumes and unit prices agreed, with separate targetsfor people with special needs and 18-24 year olds unemployed for over 2 years. 25% ofbudget paid for starts and rest for outcomes."

• Employer Investment in People - "Payment for agreed activities in 3 categories: employerawareness, employer support and IIP development. Targets set for IIP commitments andrecognitions. Reimbursement of agreed expenditure."

• TEC Management Fee - "The budget is agreed with the Government Office and paid inequal instalments. No evidence of expenditure is required, except for certain pension costs."

VI Accountability

The chief mechanism for securing public accountability for the £1.5 billion or so of public money theTECs spend each year is the performance contract each TEC signs with the Department for Educationand Employment [See Section II above]. The TEC Prospectus, issued in March 1989 (when it wasexpected that TECs would spend £3 billion p.a.), explained this control as follows:52

"TECs are big business. Almost £3 billion of public funds will be contracted throughTECs when the TEC network is complete. For this reason, the Government need tobe assured that a TEC is competently and properly managed and that it is publiclyaccountable for the expenditure of its budget.

Performance Contracts

The TEC will operate under a performance contract with the Training Agency. Thecontract will be the instrument governing the relationship between the TEC and theGovernment. It will specify standards for management and performance such as jobplacement rates and numbers of qualifications attained. These standards will beadjusted for each TEC to reflect the economic and social profile of the area. TECsthat exceed their performance goals will receive a bonus which will be added to theirLocal Initiative Fund. Those that fail to meet contractual standards will be asked tosubmit a corrective action plan to the Training Agency. Clearly, if a TEC continues to

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underperform it will be subject to contract cancellation.

Budgets

The budget of each TEC will be agreed taking into account factors such as the localpopulation and economic conditions. The budget will be divided into five blocks: Employment Training; Youth Training; Business Growth and Enterprise; the LocalInitiative Fund, and a Management Budget. The Local Initiative Fund may be appliedto any of the first three blocks or it may be used for new programme developmentactivities. TECs which meet agreed targets may move up to 5 per cent of a blockbetween the first four blocks, and up to an additional 5 per cent with the approval ofthe Training Agency Regional Director. TECs will be able to carry money forwardbetween financial years provided excessive balances are not built up.

Information Systems

The need to account for millions of pounds of public expenditure and the demands of aperformance management system require careful and detailed reporting. The TrainingAgency will provide each TEC with the systems and equipment to assure consistent,accurate and timely monitoring of money and clients.

The TEC will be responsible for assessing and developing the quality and performanceof its contractors. The information system will be an important management tool forplanning and for resource allocation."

Some things have changed since then. The five block funding system has been superseded and theTraining Agency replaced by the Government Offices for the regions but the principles remain thesame. The TEC Licensing Agreement requires the TEC (and its subsidiaries and providers) to open itsrecords to representatives of the Secretary of State, the European Commission or European Court ofAuditors and the National Audit Office.53

Following criticisms of TECs' accountability, the TEC National Council drew up A Framework for theLocal Accountability of Training and Enterprise Councils in England and Wales and a code ofStandards of Conduct for the Members of Boards of Training and Enterprise Councils in 1995. TheFramework set five practical principles which every TEC should apply:

1. They demonstrate clarity and openness in the selection of well-qualified and trained Boardmembers.

2. They ensure that their Board is seen to act effectively in the best interests of the

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local community.

3. They will be open about their performance, and about their employment andfinancial policies.

4. Dealings with customers are on the basis of openness and high quality service,with a robust complaints procedure.

5. In dealing with partners and suppliers they seek to be trustworthy, transparentand follow fair commercial practice."

Lord Nolan, in his Second Report on Standards in Public Life, was "impressed by the considerableefforts that have been made by all involved with TECs and LECs in recent years to overcome many ofthe propriety and governance problems of their early years and to develop and implement effectiverules".54 He pointed to the ways in which Government could exercise control over TECs (and LECs):

• by issuing them with draft Memoranda and Articles of Association which theysubsequently need permission to amend

• by setting criteria for eligibility for board membership

• by building into the TEC or LEC contract or licensing agreement detailed provisionsabout governance and operational matters, and

• by specifying in detail in contracts or licensing agreements the services to be deliveredagainst various budget lines."

A table overleaf sets out the way in which the chief governance issues are dealt with in TECs andLECs:

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VII Issues

The transfer of responsibility for training and enterprise programmes to a network of local employer-led companies has raised a number of issues which are discussed in some of the material listed insection VIII of this paper. The list below highlights some of the key problems which have beenidentified:

• Bureaucracy - TECs and training providers have to comply with complex audit and monitoringrequirements as the recipients of public money. It has been estimated that "for every £1 theTreasury votes on training....not much more than 10p or 20p gets down to the person whoneeds it".55

• Conflict between training and enterprise - most of the money given to TECs is for training,particularly of the unemployed, while most of the businessmen on TEC boards are mainlyinterested in the enterprise role. Some TECs have sought to build up their reserves (whichcan be spent on local enterprise and regeneration projects) by squeezing training providerswho deliver poorer quality training as a result.

• Lack of uniformity - TEC boundaries are obscure - some are coterminous with localauthorities, others are not; some cover very large areas, others are very small. DifferentTECs have different variants of the national programmes, with different names, rules andforms. This makes it particularly difficult for national training providers (like theConstruction Industry Training Board) who have to contract with a number of TECs. Italso means that individuals have little idea what they might be entitled to and causesproblems for those who live in one TEC area but work in another.

• Overlapping roles - those seeking business advice are confronted with perhaps too manyagencies to choose from. These include Business Links, Chambers of Commerce, LocalEnterprise Agencies, local authorities and Government Offices for the Regions as well asTECs. The dividing line between TECs and the Employment Service when dealing with theunemployed is not always clear.

• Board membership - the rules have ensured that more businessmen become involved in localeconomic development, but the Boards have also been criticised as unrepresentative of localcommunities. Women, ethnic minorities, small firms, trade unions, voluntary organisationsand local authorities are under-represented. Company chairmen and chief executives tend tobe very busy people who do not have much time to devote (unpaid) to running TECs.

55 Mr Cooper of MARI Group, quoted in Employment Committee Report, The Work of TECs, HC 99 1995/96, para

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• Potential for abuse - the complex funding mechanism, much of which is related to theachievement of numerical targets has lent itself to abuse. There have been cases of trainingproviders who place trainees in a job for just one week in order to trigger an output-relatedpayment. Conflicts of interest can arise where local businessmen on TEC boards bid forcontracts with the TEC.

• Output-related funding - the emphasis on payment by results (job placements orqualifications) has encouraged providers to take on only the applicants most likely toachieve these outcomes, to the detriment of those who are in most need of government help.

An Employment Committee Report on TECs, written when they were in their infancy, identified theparadox at the heart of many of the problems TECs have encountered:

"There is an inherent tension between the desire to give independence to the TECs aslocal market-led, employer-run voluntary organisations and the need to provide anational service to the public and to industry and commerce. As more and more tasksinvolving public money are laid on TECs it is essential for means to be found toreconcile national objectives with local decision-making."56

The most recent Employment Committee Report on TECs concluded:

"126. We believe that TECs have made a modest contribution to the improvement ofthe system of training for the unemployed, and to the promotion of economicregeneration and enterprise within the local economy. Sir Geoffrey Holland felt thattheir success had been in getting employers 'much more actively involved and anxiousto play a major role in their local communities'. But their impact in terms of traininghas not been as dramatic as was hoped. As we have seen, their performance in placingpeople in work and gaining qualifications appears to reflect economic conditions, andnot to overcome them. And we make one major qualification about any judgment onthe success of TECS: the measures of TEC performance are simply not an adequatebasis for any firm conclusions.

127. We regard this as symptomatic of a wider problem with TECS. As effectivelymonopoly contractors with the Government, they are comparatively immune to thecompetitive discipline of the private sector, and in some cases are slow to win the trustand confidence of local communities. Greater openness would help to contribute tothe future growth and health of the TEC system.

56 Employment Committee, Fifth Report 1990/91, Training and Enterprise Councils and Vocational

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128. TECs have concerns about their funding regimes but we also believe that thecontrol over public money cannot be jeopardised. Therefore we welcome the systemof three-year licensing which should combine a sufficient level of financial oversight bythe Government with the ability of the TEC to operate flexibly and to cut bureaucracy. We hope that this approach will be taken further, with reforms to the budget regime.

129. A shift away from the Government's emphasis on financial control and towards arelationship based on support and advice would show TECs that their efforts havebeen recognised and are appreciated; a shift towards greater involvement withinstitutions within their local communities would show local people that TECs can behelpful engines for the development of their areas. TECs have inherited from theirpredecessors some of the faults of central government: bureaucracy and remoteness. TECs must continue to grow away from that inheritance, and to take their properplace within their communities."57

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VIII Further Reading

1. White Paper, Employment for the 1990s, Cm 540. December 1988.

2. White Paper, Scottish Enterprise, Cm 534. December 1988.

3. Department of Employment, Training and Enterprise Councils: a prospectus for the1990s, March 1989.

4. Industry Department for Scotland, Towards Scottish Enterprise. Prospectus, August 1989.

5. Industry Department for Scotland, Towards Highlands and Islands Enterprise.Prospectus, October 1989.

Strategic Guidance

6. Department of Employment, 1990s: The Skills Decade. Strategic Guidance, October1990.

7. Department of Employment, 1992-1993 A Strategy for Skills. Guidance from theSecretary of State for Employment on Training, Vocational Education and Enterprise, November 1991

8. The Strategy for Skills and Enterprise. Guidance from the Secretary of State forEmployment and the President of the Board of Trade. 1993/94, November 1992

9. TECs: Towards 2000. The Government's Strategic Guidance to TECs, May 1994

10. TECs beyond 2000. The Government's Strategic Guidance to TECs, 1996

Parliamentary material

11. Employment Committee, Fifth Report 1990/91, Training and Enterprise Councils andVocational Training, HC 285 - I and HC 285 - II, 1990/91.

12. Employment Committee Fourth Special Report, Training and Enterprise Councils andVocational Training. Government Reply to the Fifth Report of the Committee inSession 1990-91, HC 677 1990/91.

13. Employment Committee First Report 1995-96, The Work of TECs, HC 99, 1995/96


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14. Government's Response to the First Report from the Employment Committee, Session1995-96: The Work of TECs, HC 363, 1995/96

15. Scottish Affairs Committee First Report 1994/95, The Operation of the EnterpriseAgencies and the LECs, HC 339, 1994/95

16. Government Response to the Report of the Scottish Affairs Committee on theOperation of the Enterprise Agencies and the LECs, January 1996, Cm 3036

17. Second Report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, Local Public SpendingBodies, May 1996, Cm 3270 -I

18. Public Accounts Committee Fifth Report 1995-96, Financial Controls in Training andEnterprise Councils in England, December 1995, HC 108 1995/96

19. Training and Enterprise Councils in England. Income and Expenditure Account1994-95, 21 February 1996, HC 218 1995/96

20. Training and Enterprise Councils in Wales. Income and Expenditure Account 1995-96, 14 March 1997, HC 391 1996/97

Official material

21. DfEE Efficiency Scrutiny, The TEC Contract and Management Fee, Final Report, 1996

22. DfEE Efficiency Scrutiny, The TEC Contract and Management Fee, Annexes, 1996

23. DfEE, TECs and Their Boards, by Graham Haughton et al, Research Series No 64, October1995

24. Employment Department, The Evaluation of Training for Work Funding Pilots, June 1995(plus Coopers and Lybrand report to the Employment Department, March 1995)

25. National Audit Office, Department for Education and Employment: Financial Control ofPayments made under the Training for Work and Youth Training Programmes inEngland, June 1996, HC 402 1995/96

26. Department of Employment, TEC Report 1990/91, 1991.

27. Employment Department, TECs 1992, 1993


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Other Material

28. CBI, Making labour markets work. CBI policy review of the role of TECs and LECs,Autumn 1993

29. Robert Bennett, Peter Wicks, Andrew McCoshan, Local empowerment and businessservices. Britain's experiment with Training and Enterprise Councils, 1994

30. TEC National Council, The Role of TECs in Local Economic Development, by Amin Rajan,1994

31. National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, In Search of Work, December 1994

32. Institute of Employment Studies, Winners and Losers. Funding Issues for the Training ofPeople with Special Training Needs, 1995

33. Financial Times Guide, Training and Enterprise Councils. A five year review of TECs,1995

APPENDIX I PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES

ENGLAND & WALES

CONSTITUENCY TECS

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Aldershot Hampshire TECAldridge-Brownhills Walsall TECAltrincham & Sale West Manchester TECAlyn & Deesdale North Wales CELTECAmber Valley Southern Derbyshire CCTEArundel & South Downs Sussex Enterprise

Ashfield Greater Nottingham TEC: Following wards onlyJacksdale, Wood house, Eastwood East,Eastwood North, Eastwood South

North Nottinghamshire TEC: Following wards onlyKirkby in Ashfield Central, Kirkby in Ashfield EastKirkby in Ashfield West, Selston,Sutton in Ashfield East, Sutton in Ashfield Central,Sutton in Ashfield North,Sutton in Ashfield West Underwood

Ashford Kent TEC

Ashton under Lyne Manchester TEC: Following wards onlyAshton Hurst, Ashton St. Michaels, Ashton St. Peters,Ashton Waterloo, Droylsden East, Droylsden West,

Oldham CCTE: Following wards onlyFailsworth East, Failsworth West, Hollinwood.

Aylesbury Thames Valley EnterpriseBanbury Heart of England TECBarking London East TECBarnsley East & Mexborough Barnsley and Doncaster TECBarnsley Central West & Penistone Barnsley and Doncaster TECBarrow and Furness Cumbria TECBasildon Essex TECBasingtoke Hampshire TECBassetlaw North Nottinghamshire TECCONSTITUENCY TECSBath WESTECBatley and Spen Calderdale & Kirklees TECBattersea AZTECBeaconsfield Thames Valley EnterpriseBeckenham SOLOTEC


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Bedford Bedfordshire TECBedfordshire Mid Bedfordshire TECBedfordshire N/E Bedfordshire TECBedfordshire S/W Bedfordshire TECBerwick-upon-Tweed Northumberland TECBethnal Green & Bow London East TECBeverley and Holderness Humberside TECBexhill & Battle Sussex EnterpriseBexleyheath & Crayford SOLOTECBillericay Essex TECBirkenhead CEWTECBirmingham Edgbaston Birmingham TECBirmingham, Erdington Birmingham TECBirmingham, Hall Green Birmingham TECBirmingham, Hodge Hill Birmingham TECBirmingham, Ladywood Birmingham TECBirmingham, Northfield Birmingham TECBirmingham, Perry Bar Birmingham TECBirmingham, Selly Oak Birmingham TECBirmingham, Sparbrook and Small Heath

Birmingham TEC

Birmingham, Yardley Birmingham TECBishop Aukland County Durham & DarlingtonBlaby Leicestershire TECBlackburn ELTEC (East Lancashire)Blackpool North & Fleetwood LAWTECBlackpool South LAWTECBlaneau Gwent Gwent TECBlaydon Tyneside TECBlyth Valley Northumberland TECBognor Regis & Littlehampton Sussex EnterpriseBolsover North Derbyshire TECBolton North East Bolton Bury TECBolton South East Bolton Bury TECBolton West Bolton Bury TECBootle Merseyside TECCONSTITUENCY TECSBoston & Skegness Lincolnshire TECBosworth Leicestershire TECBournemouth East Dorset TECBournemouth West Dorset TECBracknell Thames Valley Enterprise


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Bradford North Bradford & District TECBradford South Bradford & District TECBradford West Bradford & District TECBraintree Essex TECBrecon & Radonshire Powys TECBrent East North West London TECBrent North North West London TECBrent South North West London TECBrentwood & Isleworth West London TECBrentwood /Ongar Essex TECBridgend Mid Glamorgan TECBridgewater Somerset TECBrigg and Goole Humberside TECBrighton, Kemptown Sussex EnterpriseBrighton, Pavilion Sussex EnterpriseBristol East WESTECBristol North West WESTECBristol South WESTECBristol West WESTECBromley & Chislehurst SOLOTECBromsgrove Central England TECBroxbourne Hertfordshire TECBroxtowe Greater Nottingham TEC

Buckingham Milton Keynes & N/Bucks: Following wards onlyBuckingham North, Buckingham South, Great Brickhill, Great Horwood, Luffield Abbey,Newton Longville, Steeple Claydon, Stewkley, Winslow.

Thames Valley Enterprise: Following wards onlyAston Clinton, Bierton, Brill, Cheddington,Eddlesborough, Grendon Underwood, Haddenham,Hogshaw,Long Crendon, Marsh Gibbon, Oakley,Pitstone, Quainton, Stone, Tingewick, Waddesdon, Wing, Wingrave.

CONSTITUENCY TECSBurnley ELTEC (East Lancashire)Burton Staffordshire TECBury North Bolton Bury TECBury South Bolton Bury TECBury St. Edmonds Suffolk TEC


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Caernarfon North Wales CELTECCaerphilly Gwent TECCalder Valley Calderdale & Kirklees TECCamberwell & Peckham Focus Central London TECCambridge Cambs TEC

Cambridgeshire North East Greater Peterborough TEC: Following wards onlyBenwick & Doddington,Chatteris East,Chatteris North, Chatteris South, Chatteris West, B155Elm, Leverington, Manea, March East, March North, March West, Newton & Tydd St Giles, Outwell & Upwell, Parson Drove & WisbechWhittlesey South, Whittlesey West, Wimblington,Wisbech East, Wisbech North, Wisbech North East,Wisbech South West, Eye Newborough, Thorney.

CambsTEC: Following wards onlyDownham, Littleport, Sutton.

Cambridgeshire North West CambsTEC: Following wards onlyBury, Earith, Ramsey, Sawtry, Somersham,Upwood & the Raveleys, Warboys

Greater Peterborough TEC: Following wards onlyElton, Farcet, Stilton, Yaxley, Barnack, Fletton,Glinton, Northborough, Orton Longueville,Orton Waterville, Stanground, Wittering.

Cambridgeshire South CambsTECCambridgeshire South East CambsTECCannock Chase Staffordshire TECCanterbury Kent TECCardiff Central South Glamorgan TECCardiff North South Glamorgan TECCardiff South & Penarth South Glamorgan TECCardiff West South Glamorgan TECCONSTITUENCY TECSCarlisle Cumbria TECCarmarthen East & Dinefwr West Wales TECCarmarthen West & S Pembrokeshire

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Castle Point Essex TECCeridigion West Wales TECCharnwood Leicestershire TECChatam & Aylesford Kent TECCheadle Stockport and High Peak TECChelmsford West Essex TECCheltenham Gloucestershire TECChesham & Amersham Thames Valley EnterpriseChester, City of CEWTECChesterfield North Derbyshire TECChichester Sussex EnterpriseChingford & Woodford Green London East TECChipping Barnet North London TECChorley LAWTECChristchurch Dorset TECCity of London & Westminster Focus Central London TECCleethorpes Humberside TECClwyd South North Wales CELTECClwyd West North Wales CELTECColchester Essex TECColne Valley Calderdale & Kirklees TECCongleton South and East Chesire TECConwy North Wales CELTECCopeland Cumbria TECCorby Northamptonshire CCTECornwall North Devon and Cornwall TECCornwall South East Devon and Cornwall TECCotswold Gloucestershire TECCoventry North East Coventry and Warwickshire TECCoventry North West Coventry and Warwickshire TECCoventry South Coventry and Warwickshire TECCrawley Sussex EnterpriseCrewe & Nantwich South and East Chesire TECCrosby Merseyside TECCroyden Central SOLOTECCroyden North SOLOTECCONSTITUENCY TECSCroyden South SOLOTECCynon Valley Mid Glamorgan TEC+B217Dagenham London East TECDarlington County Durham & DarlingtonDartford Kent TEC


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Daventry Northamptonshire CCTEDelyn North Wales CELTEC

Denton & Reddish Manchester TEC: Following wards only:Audenshaw, Denton North East, Denton South,Denton West, Dukinfield.

Stockport and High Peak TEC: Following wards onlyNorth Reddish, South Reddish

Derby North Southern Derbyshire CCTEDerby South Southern Derbyshire CCTEDerbyshire North East North Derbyshire TECDerbyshire South Southern Derbyshire CCTE

Derbyshire West North Derbyshire TEC: Following wards onlyAll Saints, Ashford & Longston, Bakewell, Baslow,Bradwell, Brassington & Parwich, Calver,Darley Dale, Eyam & Stoney, Middleton, Hatington & Dovedale, Hathersage, Masson, St. Giles & Tansley, Stanton, Taddington, Tideswell,Winster & South Darley, Wirksworth.

Southern Derbyshire CCTE: Following wards onlyAlport, Belper East, Belper North, Belper South,Duffield, South West Parishes, Ashbourne,Brailsford, Clifton & Bradley, Doveridge, Hulland,Norbury, Youlgreave.

Devizes Wiltshire TECDevon East Devon and Cornwall TECDevon North Devon and Cornwall TECDevon South West Devon and Cornwall TECDewsbury Calderdale & Kirklees TECDon Valley Barnsley and Doncaster TECDoncaster Central Barnsley and Doncaster TECCONSTITUENCY TECSDoncaster North Barnsley and Doncaster TECDorset East Dorset TECDorset North Dorset TECDorset South Dorset TECDorset West Dorset TEC


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Dorset Mid and North Poole Dorset TECDover Kent TECDudley North Dudley TECDudley South Dudley TECDulwich & West Norwood Focus Central London TECDurham North County Durham & Darlington TECDurham North West County Durham & Darlington TECDurham, City of County Durham & Darlington TEC

Ealing Acton & Shepherds Bush West London TEC: Following wards onlyHanger Lane, Heathfield, Southfield, Springfield,Vale, Victoria.

Focus Central London TEC: Following Wards onlyCollege Park & Old Park, Coningham, Starch Green,White, City & Shepherds Bush, Wormholt.

Ealing North West London TECEaling Southall West London TECEasington County Durham & Darlington TECEast Ham London East TECEastbourne Sussex EnterpriseEastleigh Hampshire TECEccles Manchester TEC

Eddisbury CEWTEC: Following wards onlyBarrow, Farndon, Malpas, Tarvin, Tattenhall, Tilston,Waverton.

North and Mid Chesire TEC: Following wards onlyCuddington & Marton, Davenham & Moulton,Gravel, Mara, Oulton, Over One, Over Two, B296Swanlow, Taporley, Vale Royal, Wharton.

South and East Chesire TEC: Following wards onlyActon, Audlem, Bunbury, Combermere, Minshull,

CONSTITUENCY TECSEddisbury cont. Peckforton, Wrenbury

Edmonton North London TECEllesmere Port & Neston CEWTECElmet Leeds TEC


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Eltham SOLOTECEnfield North North London TECEnfield Southgate North London TECEpping Forest Essex TECEpsom & Ewell Surrey TECErewash Southern Derbyshire CCTEErith & Thamesmead SOLOTECEsher & Walton Surrey TECEssex North Essex TECExeter Devon and Cornwall TECFalmouth and Cambourne Devon and Cornwall TECFareham Hampshire TECFaversham and Mid Kent Kent TECFeltham & Heston West London TECFinchley and Golders Green North London TECFolkestone and Hythe Kent TECForest of Dean Gloucestershire TECFylde LAWTECGainsborough Lincolnshire TEC

Gateshead E & Wahington West Tyneside TEC: Following wards onlyChowdene, Felling, High Fell, Pelaw & Heworth,

Sunderland City TEC: Following wards onlyWashington South, Washington West

Gedling Greater Nottingham TECGillingham Kent TECGloucester Gloucestershire TECGosport Hampshire TECGower West Wales TEC

Grantham & Stamford Lincolnshire TEC: Following wards onlyAveland, Barrowby, Belmont,Casewick, Devon, Earlesfield, Forest, Glen Eden, Grantham St Johns, Greyfriers, Harrowby,

CONSTITUENCY TECSGrantham & Stamford cont. Isaac Newton, Lincrest, Morkery, Mockery

Peascliffe, Ringstonne, St Annes, StWulfrus, Toller

Grantham & Stamford cont. Greater Peterborough TEC: Following wards onlyAll Saints, Bourne East, Bourne West, Hillsides,


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St. Georges, St. Marys, Stamford St. Johns

Gravesham Kent TECGreat Grimsby Humberside TECGreat Yarmouth Norfolk and Waveney TECGreenwich & Woolwich SOLOTECGuildford Surrey TECHackney N & Stoke Newington Focus Central London TECHackney South & Shoreditch Focus Central London TECHalesowen & Rowley Regis Dudley TEC: Following wards only

Belle Vale & Hasbury, Halesowen North,Halesowen South, Hayley Green.

Sandwell TEC: Following wards onlyBlackheath, Cradley Heath & Old Hill, Rowley

Halifax Calderdale & Kirklees TECHalton North and Mid Chesire TECHaltemprice and Howden Humberside TECHammersmith & Fulham Focus Central London TECHampshire East Hampshire TECHampshire North East Hampshire TECHampshire North West Hampshire TECHampstead & Highgate Focus Central London TECHarborough Leicestershire TECHarlow Essex TECHarrogate & Knaresborough North Yorkshire TECHarrow East North West London TECHarrow West North West London TECHartlepool Teesside TECHarwich Essex TECHastings & Rye Sussex EnterpriseHaughton & Washington East Sunderland City TECHavant Hampshire TECHayes & Harlington West London TECHazel Grove Stockport and High Peak TECCONSTITUENCY TECSHemel Hempstead Hertfordshire TECHemsworth Wakefield TECHendon North London TEC

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Aston Rowant, Benson, Berinsfield, Chalgrave,Chinnor, Clifton Hampden, Cowmarsh, Dorchester,Forest Hill, Great Milton, Horspath, Thame South,Wattlington, Wheatley

Thames Valley Enterprise: Following wards onlyHenley, Thame North, Goring, Goring Heath,Woodcote, Kidmere End, Sonning Common,Shiplake, Rotherfield Peppard, Nettlebed

Hereford Hereford and Worcester CCTEHereford and Stortford Hertfordshire TECHertfordshire North North East Hertfordshire TECHertfordshire South West Hertfordshire TECHertsmere Hertfordshire TECHexham Northumberland TECHeywood & Middleton Rochdale TEC

High Peak North Derbyshire TEC: Following wards onlyBradwell, Hathersage, Tideswell.

Stockport and High Peak TEC: Following wards onlyAll Saints, Barmoor, Barms, Blackbrook,Central, Chapel EastChapel West, College, Corbar, Cote Heath, Gamesley, Hayfield, Ladybower, Limestone Peak, New Mills North, New Mills South, Peveril, St. Andrews, St. Charles, St. James, St. Johns, Stone Beach, Tintwistle, Whaley Bridge.

Hitchin and Harpenden Hertfordshire TECHolborn & St. Pancras Focus Central London TECHornchurch London East TECHornsey and Wood green North London TECHorsham Sussex EnterpriseHoughton & Washington East Sunderland City TECHove Sussex EnterpriseCONSTITUENCY TECSHuddersfield Calderdale & Kirklees TECHuntingdon Greater Peterborough TECHyndburn ELTEC (East Lancashire)Illford North London East TECIllford South London East TEC


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Ipswich Suffolk TECIsle of White Wight Training and EnterpriseIslington North Focus Central London TECIslington South & Finsbury Focus Central London TECIslwyn Gwent TECJarrow Tyneside TECKeighly Bradford & District TECKensington & Chelsea Focus Central London TECKettering Northamptonshire CCTEKingston and Surbiton AZTECKingston upon Hull East Humberside TECKingston upon Hull North Humberside TECKingston upon Hull W & Hessle Humberside TECKingswood WESTECKnowsley North & Sefton East Merseyside TECKnowsley South Merseyside TECLancashire West LAWTECLancaster & Wyre LAWTECLeeds Central Leeds TECLeeds East Leeds TECLeeds North East Leeds TECLeeds North West Leeds TECLeeds West Leeds TECLeicester East Leicestershire TECLeicester South Leicestershire TECLeicester West Leicestershire TECLeicestershire North West Leicestershire TECLeigh METROTEC (Wigan)Leominster Hereford and Worcester CCTELewes Sussex EnterpriseLewisham, Deptford SOLOTECLewisham East SOLOTECLewisham West SOLOTECLeyton & Wanstead London East TECLichfield Staffordshire TECLincoln Lincolnshire TECCONSTITUENCY TECSLiverpool, Garston Merseyside TECLiverpool, Riverside Merseyside TECLiverpool, Walton Merseyside TECLiverpool, Wavertree Merseyside TECLiverpool, West Derby Merseyside TEC


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Llanelli West Wales TECLoughborough Leicestershire TECLouth & Horncastle Lincolnshire TECLudlow Shropshire CCTELuton North Bedfordshire TECLuton South Bedfordshire TECMacclesfield South and East Chesire TECMaidenhead Thames Valley EnterpriseMaidstone and The Weald Kent TECMakerfield METROTEC (Wigan)Maldon/Chelmsford East Essex TECManchester, Blackley Manchester TECManchester, Central Manchester TECManchester, Gorton Manchester TECManchester, Withington Manchester TECMansfield North Nottinghamshire TECMedway Kent TECMeriden Central England TECMerionnydd Nant Conwy North Wales CELTEC

Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney Gwent TEC: Following wards onlyAbertysswg, Darren, Valley, Moriah, New Tradegar,Pontlottyn, Tir-Phil, Twyn Carno,

Mid Glamorgan: Following wards onlyBedlinog, Cyfartha, Dowlais, Gurnos, Merthyr Tydfil,Park, Penydarren, Plymouth, Town, Treharris,Vaynor.

Middlesborough Teesside TECMiddlesborough S & Cleveland E Teesside TECMilton Keynes North East Milton Keynes & N/BucksMilton Keynes South West Milton Keynes & N/BucksMitcham and Morden AZTECMole Valley Surrey TECMonmouth Gwent TECCONSTITUENCY TECSMontgomeryshire Powys TECMorecambe and Lunesdale LAWTECMorley & Rothwell Leeds TECNeath West Wales TECNew Forest East Hampshire TEC


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New Forest West Hampshire TECNewark North Nottinghamshire TECNewbury Thames Valley EnterpriseNewcastle-under-Lyme Staffordshire TECNewcastle-upon-Tyne Central Tyneside TECNewcastle-upon-Tyne E & Wallsend Tyneside TECNewcastle-upon-Tyne North Tyneside TECNewport East Gwent TECNewport West Gwent TECNorfolk Mid Norfolk and Waveney TECNorfolk North Norfolk and Waveney TECNorfolk South Norfolk and Waveney TECNorfolk South West Norfolk and Waveney TECNormanton Wakefield TECNorth Southwalk & Bermondsey Focus Central London TECNorthampton North Northamptonshire CCTENorthampton South Northamptonshire CCTENorthavon WESTECNorwich North Norfolk and Waveney TECNorwich South Norfolk and Waveney TECNottingham East Greater Nottingham TECNottingham North Greater Nottingham TECNottingham South Greater Nottingham TECNuneaton Coventry and WarwickshireOgmore Mid GlamorganOld Bexley & Sidcup SOLOTEC

Oldham East & Saddleworth Oldham CCTE: Following wards onlyCrompton, Saddleworth, Saddleworth East,Saddleworth West, St James, St Marys, Shaw,Waterhead

Rochdale TEC: Following ward onlyMilnrow

Oldham West & Rayton Oldham CCTECONSTITUENCY TECSOrpington SOLOTECOxford East Heart of England TECOxford West & Abingdon Heart of England TECPendle ELTEC (East Lancashire)Penrith and The Border Cumbria TEC


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Peterborough, City of Greater Peterborough TECPlymouth, Devonport Devon & Cornwall TECPlymouth, Sutton Devon & Cornwall TECPontefract & Castleford Wakefield TECPontypridd Mid GlamorganPoole Dorset TECPoplar & Canning Town London East TECPortsmouth North Hampshire TECPortsmouth South Hampshire TECPreseli Pembrokeshire West Wales TECPreston LAWTECPudsey Leeds TECPutney AZTECRayleigh Essex TECReading East Thames Valley EnterpriseReading West Thames Valley EnterpriseRedcar Teesside TEC

Redditch Central England TEC: Following wards onlyAbbey, Batchley, Central, Church Hill, Crabbs Cross,Feckenham, Greenlands, Lodge Park, Matchborough,West, Winyates

Hereford and Worcester CCTE: Following wards onlyInkberrow

Regents Park & Kensington N Focus Central London TECReigate Surrey TECRhondda Mid Glamorgan TECRibble South LAWTEC

Ribble Valley ELTEC (East Lancashire): Following wards onlyAighton Bailey & Chaigley, Alston, Billington,Bolton-by-Bowland, Chatburn, Chipping,Clayton-le-Dale & Salesbury, Dilworth, Edisford,Low Morland Trinity, Gisburn, Rimmington,

CONSTITUENCY TECSRibble Valley cont. Grammar School, Grindleton & West Bradford,

Mellor, Read, Ribblesdale, Ribchester, SabdenSt. James, Simonstone, Waddington, Whalley,Wilpshire, Wiswell & Pendleton.


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LAWTEC: Following wards onlyCadley, Greyfriers, Preston Rural East,Sharoe Green, Sherwood.

Richmond North Yorkshire TEC

Richmond Park AZTEC: Following wards onlyCambridge, Canbury, Coombe, Hill, Tudor.

West London TEC: Following wards onlyBarnes, East Sheen, Ham & Petersham, Kew,Mortlake, Palewell, Richmond Hill, Richmond Town

Rochdale Rochdale TECRochford/Southend East Essex TECRomford London East TECRomsey Hampshire TECRossendale and Darwen ELTEC (East Lancashire)Rother Valley Rotherham TECRotherham Rotherham TECRugby and Kenilworth Coventry and WarwickshireRuislip Northwood West London TECRunnymede & Weybridge Surrey TECRushcilffe Greater Nottingham TECRutland & Melton Leicestershire TECRyedale North Yorkshire TECSaffron Waldon Essex TECSalford Manchester TECSalisbury Wiltshire TECScarborough & Whitby North Yorkshire TECScunthorpe Humberside TECSedgefield County Durham & DarlingtonSelby North Yorkshire TECSevenoaks Kent TECSheffield Attercliffe Sheffield TECSheffield Brightside Sheffield TECCONSTITUENCY TECSSheffield Central Sheffield TECSheffield, Hallam Sheffield TECSheffield, Heeley Sheffield TECSheffield, Hillsborough Sheffield TECSherwood North Nottinghamshire TEC


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Shipley Bradford & District TECShrewsbury & Atcham Shropshire CCTEShropshire North Shropshire CCTESittingbourne & Sheppey Kent TECSkipton & Ripon North Yorkshire TECSleaford & North Hykeham Lincolnshire TECSlough Thames Valley EnterpriseSolihull Central England TECSomerton & Frome Somerset TECSouth Holland & The Deepings Greater Peterborough TEC: Following wards only

Deeping St. James, Market & West Deeping,Truesdale.

Lincolnshire TEC: Following wards onlyCrowland, Deeping St Nicholas, Donington, Fleet, Gedney, Gosberton Village, Holbeach Hurn, Holbeach St Johns, Long Sutton,Moulton, Pinchbeck East, Pinchbeck West,Spalding North, Spadling South, Spalding West,Surfleet, Sutton Bridge, The Saints, Weston, Whalpode.

South Shields Tyneside TECSouthampton Itchen Hampshire TECSouthampton Test Hampshire TECSouthend West Essex TECSouthport Merseyside TECSpelthorne Surrey TECSt Albans Hertfordshire TECSt Helens North St Helens CCTESt Helens South St Helens CCTESt. Ives Devon and Cornwall TECStafford Staffordshire TECStaffordshire Moorlands Staffordshire TEC

Staffordshire South Dudley TEC: Following wards onlyKniver, Trysull & Seisdon, Swindon.

CONSTITUENCY TECSStaffordshire South cont. Staffordshire TEC: Following wards only

Brewood & Coven, Cheslyn Hay, Essington,Featherstone, Ladywood, Great Wryley Town,Shareshill.


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Wolverhampton CCTE: Following wards onlyBilbrook, Codsall North, Codsall South, Great WryleyNorth, Lower Penn, Pattington & Patshull,Perton Central, Perton Dippons, Wombourne North,Wombourne South East, Wombourne South West

Stalybride & Hyde Manchester TECStevenage Hertfordshire TECStockport Stockport and High Peak TECStockton North Teesside TECStockton South Teesside TECStoke-on-Trent Central Staffordshire TECStoke-on-Trent North Staffordshire TECStoke-on-Trent South Staffordshire TECStone Staffordshire TECStourbridge Dudley TECStratford on Avon Coventry and WarwickshireStreatham Focus Central London TECStretford & Urmston Manchester TECStroud Gloucestershire TECSuffolk Central & Ipswich North Suffolk TEC

Suffolk Coastal Norfolk and Waveney TEC: Following wards onlyBlything, Halesworth, Southwold.

Suffolk TEC: Following wards onlyAldeburgh, Alderton & Sutton, Bramfield & Cratfield,Buxlow, Felixstowe Central, Felixstowe East,Felixstowe North, Felixstowe South, , FelixstoweSouth West, Felixstowe West, Hollesley, Kelsale, Kirton, Leiston, Martlesham, Melton, Nacton,Orford, Saxmundham, Snape, Trimleys, Tunstall, Ufford, Walsberswick, Westleton Woodbridge Central, Woodbridge Farlingaye, Woodbridge Kyson,Woodbridge, Seckford, Yoxford.

CONSTITUENCY TECSSuffolk South Suffolk TECSuffolk West Suffolk TECSunderland North Sunderland City TECSunderland South Sunderland City TECSurrey East Surrey TEC


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Surrey Heath Surrey TECSurrey South West Surrey TECSutton & Cheam SOLOTECSutton Coldfield Birmingham TECSwansea East West Wales TECSwansea West West Wales TECSwindon North Wiltshire TECSwindon South Wiltshire TECTamworth Staffordshire TEC

Tatton North and Mid Chesire TEC: Following wards onlyBarnton, Cogshall, Lostock Gralam,Marston & Wincham, Rudheath & Whatcroft,Seven Oaks, Sharkerley.

South and East Chesire: Following wards onlyAlderley Edge, Dean Row, Fulshaw, Handfirth,High Legh, Hough, Knutsford Nether, Knutsford Over,Knutsford SouthKnutsford West, Lacey Green, Mere, Mobberley, Morley & Styal, Nether Alderley, Plumley.

Taunton Somerset TECTeignbridge Devon and Cornwall TECTelford Shropshire CCTETewkesbury Gloucestershire TECThanet North Kent TECThanet South Kent TECThurrock Essex TECTiverton and Honiton Devon and Cornwall TECTonbridge & Malling Kent TECTooting AZTECTorbay Devon and Cornwall TECTorfean Gwent TECTorridge & West Devon Devon and Cornwall TECTotnes Devon and Cornwall TECTottenham North London TECCONSTITUENCY TECSTruro and St. Austell Devon and Cornwall TECTunbbridge Wells Kent TECTwickenham West London TECTyne Bridge Tyneside TECTynemouth Tyneside TEC


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Tyneside North Tyneside TECUpminster London East TECUxbridge West London TECVale of Clwyd North Wales CELTECVale of Glamorgan South GlamorganVale of York North Yorkshire TECVauxhall Focus Central London TEC

Wakefield Calderdale & Kirklees TEC: Following wards onlyDenby Dale, Kirkburton.

Wakefield TEC: Following wards onlyWakefield Central, Wakefield East, Wakefield North,Wakefield Rural

Wallasey CEWTECWalsall North Walsall TECWalsall South Walsall TECWalthamstow London East TECWansbeck Northumberland TECWansdyke WESTECWantage Heart of England TECWarley Sandwell TECWarrington North North and Mid Chesire TECWarrington South North and Mid Chesire TECWarwick and Leamington Coventry and WarwickshireWarwickshire North Coventry and WarwickshireWatford Hertfordshire TECWaveney Norfolk and Waveney TECWealden Sussex EnterpriseWeaver Vale North and Mid Chesire TECWellingborough Northamptonshire CCTEWells Somerset TECWelwyn Hatfield Hertfordshire TECWentworth Rotherham TECWest Bromwich East Sandwell TECCONSTITUENCY TECSWest Bromwich West Sandwell TECWest Ham London East TECWestbury Wiltshire TECWestmorland & Lonsdale Cumbria TECWeston-Super-Mare WESTEC


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Wigan METROTEC (Wigan)North Wiltshire Wiltshire TECWimbledon AZTECWinchester Hampshire TECWindsor Thames Valley EnterpriseWirral South CEWTECWirral West CEWTECWitney Heart of England TECWoking Surrey TECWokingham Thames Valley EnterpriseWolverhampton North East Wolverhampton CCTEWolverhampton South East Wolverhampton CCTEWolverhampton South West Wolverhampton CCTEWoodspring WESTECWorcester Hereford and Worcester CCTEWorcestershire Mid Hereford and Worcester CCTEWorcestershire West Hereford and Worcester CCTEWorkington Cumbria TECWrekin, The Shropshire CCTEWorthing East & Shoreham Sussex EnterpriseWorthing West Sussex Enterprise

Worsley Manchester TEC: Following wards onlyLittle Hulton, Walkden North, Walkden South, Worsley& Boothstown

METROTEC (Wigan): Following wards onlyBedford-Astley, Hindsford, Tyldesley East.

Wrexham North Wales CELTECWycombe Thames Valley EnterpriseWyre Forest Central England TECWythenshawe & Sale East Manchester TEC

Yeovil Somerset TECCONSTITUENCY TECSYnys Mon North Wales CELTECYork, City of North Yorkshire TECYorkshire East Humberside TEC


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CONSTITUENCY LECSAberdeen Central Grampion Enterprise LtdAberdeen North Grampion Enterprise LtdAberdeen South Grampion Enterprise LtdAberdeen West & Kincardine Grampion Enterprise LtdAirdrie & Shotts Lanarkshire Development AgencyAngus Scottish Enterprise TaysideArgyll & Bute Argyll & The Islands EnterpriseAyr Enterprise AyrshireBanff & Buchan Grampion Enterprise

Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross Caithness & Sutherland Enterpirse: Following areas onlyCaithness & Sutherland district.

Ross and Cromarty Enterprise: Following wards onlyInvergordon, Easter Ross, Tain of Ross & CromartyDistrict

Carrick Cumnock & Doon Valley Enterprise AyrshireClydebank & Milngavie Dumbartonshire EnterpriseClydesdale Lanarkshire Development Agency

Coatbridge & Chryston Dumbartonshire Enterprise: Following wards onlyChryston of Strathkelvin districtLanarkshire: Following wards onlyCoatbridge North & East, Coatbridge South ofMonklands district

Cumbernauld & Kilsyth Dumbartonshire EnterpriseCunninghame North Enterprise AyrshireCuninghame South Enterprise AyrshireCONSTITUENCY LECSDumbarton Dumbartonshire EnterpriseDumfries Dumfries & Galloway Enterprise Co.Dundee East Scottish Enterprise TaysideDundee West Scottish Enterprise TaysideDunfermline East Fife Enterprise

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Dunfermline West Fife EnterpriseEast Kilbride Lanarkshire Development AgencyEast Lothian Lothian & Edinburgh Enterprise LtdEastwood Renfrewshire Enterprise CompanyEdinburgh Central Lothian & Edinburgh Enterprise LtdEdinburgh East & Musselburgh Lothian & Edinburgh Enterprise LtdEdinburgh North & Leith Lothian & Edinburgh Enterprise LtdEdinburgh Pentlands Lothian & Edinburgh Enterprise LtdEdinburgh South Lothian & Edinburgh Enterprise LtdEdinburgh West Lothian & Edinburgh Enterprise LtdFalkirk East Forth Valley EnterpriseFalrkirk West Forth Valley EnterpriseFife Central Fife EnterpriseFife North East Fife EnterpriseGalloway & Upper Nithsdale Dumfries & Galloway Enterprise Co.Glasgow, Anniesland Glasgow Development AgencyGlasgow, Baillieston Glasgow Development AgencyGlasgow, Cathcart Glasgow Development AgencyGlasgow, Govan Glasgow Development AgencyGlasgow, Kelvin Glasgow Development AgencyGlasgow, Maryhill Glasgow Development AgencyGlasgow, Pollock Glasgow Development Agency

Glasgow, Rutherglen Lanarkshire Development Agency: Following wards onlyRutherglen/Fernhill, Cambulsang/Halfwayof Glasgow City

Glasgow Development Agency: Following wards onlyToryglen/Kings Park of Glasgow City

Glasgow, Shettleston Glasgow Development AgencyGlasgow, Springbourne Glasgow Development Agency

Gordon Moray Badenoch, Strathspey Enterprise:Following wards only: Strathisla of Moray district,Lower Deveron & Upper Ythan of Banff & Buchan district.

CONSTITUENCY LECSGordon cont. Grampion Enterprise Ltd: Following wards only

West Gordon, Kintore & Newmacher, Inverurie,Garioch, East Gordon, Formartine of Gordon district

Greenock & Inverclyde Argyll and The Islands


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Hamilton North & Belshill Lanarkshire Development AgencyHamilton South Lanarkshire Development Agency

Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber Lochaber Limited: Lochaber district only

Inverness & Nairn Enterprise: Following wards onlyOld Edinburgh, Alt na Sgitheach, Drummond, Hilton,Ardersier Petty & Balloch, Inshes, Culloden &Smithton Strathdearn Strathnairn & Loch Ness East,of Inverness distrcit

Moray Badenoch, Strathspey Enterprise: Badenoch & Strathspey district

Kilmarnock & Loudoun Enterprise AyrshireKirckaldy Fife EnterpriseLinlithgow Lothian & Edinburgh Enterprise LtdLivingston Lothian & Edinburgh Enterprise LtdMidlothian Lothian & Edinburgh Enterprise LtdMoray Moray Badenoch, Strathspey EnterpriseMotherwell & Wishaw Lanarkshire Development Agency

Ochil Forth Valley Enterprise: Clackmannan district

Scottish Enterprise Tayside: Following wards onlyCaresland, Airthrey, of Sterling district.Kinross of Perth & Kinross district.

Orkney & Shetland Orkney EnterpriseShetland Enterprise

Paisley North Glasgow Development AgencyPaisley South Glasgow Development AgencyPerth Scottish Enterprise TaysideRenfrewshire West Renfrewshire Enterprise Company

CONSTITUENCY LECS Ross Skye & Inverness West Inverness & Nairn Enterprise: Following wards only

Old Merkinch, Caledonian Canal, Ballifeary-Columba,Aird South, Aird North, Scorguie of Inverness district

Ross and Cromarty Enterprise: Following wards only


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Lochbroom, Wester Ross, Strathconon, Dingwell, Ord & Conon, Black Isles West,Black Isles East, Ferindonald, Alness & Ardross, of Ross & Cromarty district

Skye & Lochalsh Enterprise: Skye & Loclash district

Roxburgh & Berwickshire Scottish Borders EnterpriseStirling Forth Valley EnterpriseStrathkelvin & Bearsden Dumbartonshire EnterpriseTayside North Scottish Enterprise Tayside

Tweedale Etterick & Lauderdale Lothian & Edinburgh Enterprise Ltd:Following wards onlyPenicuik of Midlothian district

Scottish Borders: Following wards onlyEtterick & Lauderdale, Old Selkirk, Forest,Leaderdale, Elidon, B153Galawater, Galashiels West, Galashiels East, Galashiels South

Western Isles Western Isles Enterprise

Appendix 2: Names and Addresses of Tecs in England and Wales

[Reproduced from the DfEE's Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) Contacts and AddressesBooklet, April 1997 edition].


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AZTECManorgate House Chairman: Mr David Hill2 Manorgate Road Chief Executive: Mr Ian ParkesKingston Upon Thames Tel: 0181 547 3934KT2 7AL Fax: 0181 547 3884

Barnsley and Doncaster TECConference Centre Chairman: Mr Richard BaileyEldon Street Chief Executive: Mr Tony Goulbourn Barnsley Tel: 01226 248088S70 2JL Fax: 01226 291625

Bedfordshire TECWoburn Court2 Railton RoadWoburn Road Industrial Estate Chairman: Mr Brian de la SalleKempston Chief Executive: Mr Richard LacyBedfordshire Tel: 01234 843100MK42 7PN Fax: 01234 843211

Birmingham TECChaplin Court Chairman: Mr Beith Burke OBE80 Hurst Street Chief Executive: Mr David CraggBirmingham Tel: 0121 622 4419B5 4TG Fax: 0121 622 1600

Bolton Bury TECClive House Chairman: Mr Tony RinkClive Street Chief Executive: Mr Richard BindlessBolton Tel: 01204 397350BL1 1ET Fax: 01204 363212

Bradford & District TECMercury House Chair: Mrs Judith Donovan CBE4 Manchester Road Chief Executive: Post VacantBradford Tel: 01274 751333BD5 0QL Fax: 01274 751344

Calderdale & Kirklees TECPark View HouseWoodvale Office Park Chairman: Mr Peter SkuseWoodvale Road Chief Executive: Mr Rob Napier


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Brighouse Tel: 01484 400770HD6 4AB Fax: 01484 400672

Cambs TEC (Central and South Cambridgeshire)Units 2-3, Trust CourtChivers WayThe Vision Park Chairman: Mr Robert MallindineHiston Managing Director: Mr Alan MaltpressCambridge Tel: 01223 235635CB4 4PW Fax: 01223 235631/632

Central England TECThe Oaks Chairman: Mr Anthony GeorgeClewes Road Chief Executive: Mr Roddy SkidmoreRedditch Tel: 01527 545415B98 7ST Fax: 01527 543032

Freefone: 0800 252633

CEWTEC (Chester, Ellesmere Port and Wirral)Egerton House Chairman: Mr David Pickering2 Tower Road Chief Executive: Mr Alan MoodyBirkenhead Tel: 0151 650 0555Wirral Fax: 0151 650 0777L41 1FN Freefone: 0800 132762

County Durham & Darlington TECValley Street North Chairman: Mr Bernard Robinson OBEDarlington Chief Executive: Mr David HallDL1 1TJ Tel: 01325 351166

Fax: 01325 381362Coventry and Warwickshire TECBrandon Court Chairman: Mr George MarshProgress Way Chief Executive: Mr Malcolm GillespieCoventry Tel: 01203 635666CV3 2TE Fax: 01203 450242

Freefone: 0800 252198


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Cumbria TECVenture HouseRegents Court Chairman: Mr Arthur Sanderson OBEGuard Street Chief Executive: Mr Steve PalmerWorkington Tel: 01900 66991Cumbria Fax: 01900 604027CA14 4EW Freefone: 0800 378212

Devon & Cornwall TECFoliot House Chairman: Mr Cairns Boston MBEBrooklands Chief Executive: Mr John MannellBudshead Road Tel: 01752 767929Crownhill Fax: 01752 770925Plymouth PL6 5XR Freefone: 0800 252713

Dorset TECProvincial House Chairman: Mr Rex Symons CBE25 Oxfod Road Chief Executive: Mr Tony WardBournemouth Tel: 01202 299284BH8 8EY Fax: 01202 299457

Dudley TECDudley Court SouthWaterfront EastLevel Street Chairman: Mr Graham KnowlesBrierley Hill Chief Executive: Mr John WoodallWest Midlands Tel: 01384 485000DY5 1XN Fax: 01384 483399

ELTEC (East Lancashire)Red Rose CourtPetre Road Chairman: Mr Roger CollingeClayton Business Park Chief Executive: Mr Mark PriceClayton-Le-Moor Tel: 01254 301333Lancashire Fax: 01254 399090BB5 5JR Freefone: 0800 696696


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Essex TECRedwing HouseHedgerows Business ParkColchester Road Chairman: Mr Peter RainbirdChelmsford Managing Director: Mr Michael CleggEssex Tel: 01245 450123CM2 5PB Fax: 01245 451874

Focus Central London TEC12 Grosvenor Crescent Chairman: The Hon. Charles LowLondon Chief Executive: Mr Jeremy LongSW1X 7EE Tel: 0171 411 3500

Fax: 0171 411 3555

Gloucestershire TECConway House Chairman: Mr John Hazelwood CBE33-35 Worcester Street Chief Executive: Mr Graham HoyleGloucester Tel: 01452 524488GL1 3AJ Fax: 01452 509678

Freefone: 0800 220262Greater Nottingham TECMarina Road Chairman: Mr John ClarkeCastle Marina Park Chief Executive: Mr Jim PottsNottingham Tel: 0115 941 3313NG7 1TN Fax: 0115 948 4589

Greater Peterborough TECStuart House Chairman: Mr Philip Salisbury OBECity Road Chief Executive: Mr Michael StylesPeterborough Tel: 01733 890808PE1 1QF Fax: 01733 890809

Gwent TECGlyndwr House Chairman: Mr Roger Jones OBEUnit B2 Cleppa Park Chief Executive: Mr David EvansNewport Tel: 01633 817777Gwent Fax: 01633 810980NP1 9BA Freefone: 0800 387321


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Hampshire TEC25 Thackeray Mall Chairman: Mr Robert HillierFareham Managing Director: Mr Richard Hastilow CBEHampshire Tel: 01329 230099PO16 0PQ Fax: 01329 237733

Hereford and Worcester CCTEHaswell House Chairman: Mr Robert RobinsonSt Nicholas Street Chief Executive: Mr Alan CurlessWorcester Tel: 01905 723200WR1 1UW Fax: 01905 613338

Heart of England TEC (Oxfordshire)26-27 The Quadrant Chairman: Mr Richard FlintAbingdon Science Park Chief Executive: Mr Barrie GilesOff Barton Lane Tel: 01235 553249Abingdon Fax 01235 555706OX14 3YS Freefone: 0800 888500

Hertfordshire TEC45 Grosvenor Road Chairman: Mr Philip GrovesSt Albans Managing Director: Mr Stewart SegalHertfordshire Tel 01727 813600AL1 3AW Fax: 01727 813443

Freefone: 0800 919000

Humberside TECThe MaltingsSilvester Square Chairman: Mr Tony HaileySilvester Street Managing Director: Mr Peter FryerHull Tel: 01482 226491HU1 3HL Fax: 01482 213206

Kent TEC26 Kings Hill Avenue Chairman: Mr John BroadbentKings Hill Chief Executive: Mr Malcolm AllanWest Malling Tel: 01732 220000Kent ME19 4TA Fax: 01732 841641


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LAWTEC (Lancashire Area West)Caxton Road Chairman: Mr David GriffithsFulwood Managing Director: Mr Tony BickerstaffePreston Tel: 01772 792111PR2 9ZB Fax: 01772 792777

Leeds TECBelgrave Hall Chairman: Mr Clive LeachBelgrave Street Chief Executive: Mr David NelsonLeeds Tel: 0113 234 7666LS2 8DD Fax: 0113 245 1243

Leicestershire TECMeridian East Chairman: Mr Martin HenryMeridian Business Park Chief Executive: Mr David NelsonLeicester Tel: 0116 265 1515LE3 2WZ Fax: 0116 265 1501

Lincolnshire TECBeech HouseWitham Park Chairman: Mr Keith DarwinWaterside South Chief Executive: Mr David RossingtonLincoln Tel: 01522 567765LN5 7JH Fax: 01522 510534

London East TECCityside House Chairman: Mr Peter Lyne40 Adler Street Chief Executive: Ms Susan FeyLondon Tel: 0171 377 1866E1 1EE Fax: 0171 337 8003

Manchester TECLee House Chairman: Mr David Compston90 Great Bridgewater Street Chief Executive: Mr Richard Guy OBEManchester Tel: 0161 236 7222M1 5JW Fax: 0161 236 8878


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Merseyside TEC3rd Floor Chairman: Mr Les HowellTithebarn House Chief Executive: Mrs Linda BloomfieldTithebarn Street Tel: 0151 236 0026Liverpool Fax: 0151 236 4013L2 2NZ Freefone: 0800 317857

METROTEC (Wigan)The Investment Centre Chairman: Mr David PageWaterside Drive Chief Executive: Mr John FlamsonWigan Tel: 01942 705705WN3 5BA Fax: 01942 705272

Mid Glamorgan TECUnit 17-20 Centre CourtMain Avenue Chairman: Mr John Phillips CBETreforest Industrial Estate Chief Executive: Mr Allen WilliamsPontypridd Tel: 01443 841594Mid Glamorgan Fax: 01443 841578CF37 5YL Freefone: 0800 262071

Milton Keynes & North Buckinghamshire CCTETempus Chairman: Mr Malcolm Brighton OBE249 Midsummer Boulevard Chief Executive: Mr Michael HindCentral Milton Keynes Tel: 01908 660002MK9 1EU Fax: 01908 230130

Norfolk and Waveney TECPartnership HouseUnit 10Norwich Business Park Chairman: Mr Martin RickardWhiting Road Managing Director: Mr David PearsonNorwich Tel: 01603 763812NR4 6DJ Fax: 01603 763813

North & Mid Cheshire TECSpencer House Chairman: Mr Mike CarrDewhurst Road Chief Executive: Mr Chris BlytheBirchwood Tel: 01925 826515Warrington Fax: 01925 820215WA3 7PP Freefone: 0800 282020


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North Derbyshire TECBlock CSt Marys Court Chairman: Mr Alistair SteelSt Marys Gate Chief Executive: Mr Stuart AlmondChesterfield Tel: 01246 551158S41 7TD Fax: 01246 238489

North London TECDumayne House1 Fox Lane Chairman: Mr Derek WheelerPalmers Green Chief Executive: Mr Mike NixonLondon Tel: 0181 447 9422N13 4AB Fax: 0181 882 5931

North Nottinghamshire TEC1st Floor, Block CEdwinstowe HouseHigh Street Chairman: Mr Tony WilkinsonEdwinstowe Chief Executive: Mrs Pat RichardsMansfield Tel: 01623 824624NG21 9PR Fax: 01623 824070

North Wales TECSt Asaph Business Park Chairman: Mr John Torth OBESt Asaph Chief Executive: Mr Anthony DrewDenbighshire Tel: 01745 585400LL17 0LJ Fax: 01745 585444

North West London TECKirkfield House118-120 Station Road Chairman: Mr Berjis DaverHarrow Chief Executive: Mr Roy BainMiddlesex Tel: 0181 424 8866HA1 2RL Fax: 0181 424 224

North Yorkshire TECTEC House7 Pioneer Business ParkAmy Johnson Way Chairman: Mr Chris IvoryClifton Moorgate Chief Executive: Mr Roger GrasbyYork Tel: 01904 691939YO3 8TN Fax: 01904 690411


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Northamptonshire CCTERoyal PavilionSummerhouse Road Chairman: Mr John ThorpeMoulton Park Industrial Estate Chief Executive: Mr Martin WylieNorthampton Tel: 01604 671200NN3 6BJ Fax: 01604 670362

Northumberland TECSuite 2Craster Court Chairman: Dr Anthony BirchManor Walk Shopping Centre Managing Director: Mrs Jacqui HendersonCramlington Tel: 01670 713303NE23 6XX Fax: 01670 713323

Oldham CCTEMeridian Centre Chairman: Dr Richard FenbyKing Street Chief Executive: Mr John GracieOldham Tel: 0161 620 0006OL8 1EZ Fax: 0161 620 0030

Powys TEC1st Floor Chairman: Mr David Baird-Murray OBE DLSt David's House Chief Executive: Mr Jim WagstaffeNewtown Tel: 01686 622494Powys Fax: 01686 622716SY16 1RB Freefone: 0800 252903

Rochdale TECSt James Place160-162 Yorkshire Street Chairman: Mr Harry MooreRochdale Chief Executive: Mr Cliff EllisonLancashire Tel: 01706 44909OL16 2DL Fax: 01706 49979

Rotherham CCTEMoorgate House Chairman: Dr Giles Bloomer23 Moorgate Road Chief Executive: Mr Christopher DuffRotherham Tel: 01709 830511S60 2EN Fax: 01709 362519


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Sandwell TEC1st Floor Black Country HouseRounds Green Road Chairman: Mr Keith HirstOldbury Chief Executive: Ms Judith ParsonsWarley Tel: 0121 543 2222West Midlands B69 2DG Fax: 0121 543 4444

Sheffield TECSt Mary's Court Chairman: Mr Dil Scrivens55 St Mary's Road Chief Executive: Mr Keith DavieSheffield Tel: 0114 270 1911S2 4AQ Fax: 0114 275 2634

Shropshire CCTETrevithick House Chairman: Mr Michael LoweStafford Park 4 Chief Executive: Mr Stephen JuryTelford Tel: 01952 208200TF3 3BA Fax: 01952 208208

SOLOTECLancaster House7 Elmfield Road Chairman: Mr Ralph EllisBromley Chief Executive: Mr John HowellKent Tel: 0181 313 9232BR1 1LT Fax: 0181 313 9245

Somerset TECEast Reach House Chairman: Mr Mike O'LoughlinEast Reach Chief Executive: Mr Roger PhillipsTaunton Tel: 01823 321188Somerset TA1 3EN Fax: 01823 256174

South & East Cheshire TECPO Box 37Middlewich Industrial & Business Park Chairman: Mr Brian LearDalton Way Chief Executive: Ms Liz DavisMiddlewich Tel: 01606 737009Cheshire CW10 0HU Fax: 01606 737022


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South Glamorgan TEC2-7 Drake Walk Chairman: Mr Jeff SainsburyBrigantine Place Chief Executive: Mr Paul SheldonAtlantic Wharf Tel: 01222 451000Cardiff CF1 5AN Fax: 01222 450424

Freefone: 0800 212933Southern Derbyshire CCTESt Helens Court Chairman: Mr Bryan JacksonSt Helens Street Chief Executive: Ms Joy StreetDerby Tel: 01332 290550DE1 3GY Fax: 01332 292188

Staffordshire TECFestival Way Chairman: Mr Charles Mitchell CBEFestival Park Chief Executive: Mr Richard WardStoke on Trent Tel: 01782 202733Staffordshire ST1 5TQ Fax: 01782 286215

St Helens CCTE7 Waterside CourtTechnology Campus Chairman: Mr Jim MackinnonSt Helens Chief Executive: Mr Peter HulmesMerseyside Tel: 01744 742000WA9 1UE Fax: 01744 742040

Stockport and High Peak TEC1 St Peters Square Chairman: Mr Iain ParkerStockport Chief Executive: Mr Trevor JonesSK1 1NN Tel: 0161 477 8830

Fax: 0161 480 7243

Suffolk TEC2nd Floor Chairman: Mr Andrew ShelleyCrown House Managing Director: Mr Mike BoaxCrown Street Tel: 01473 218951Ipswich IP1 3HS Fax: 01473 231776

Freefone: 0800 181915Sunderland City TECBusiness & Innovation CentreSunderland Enterprise Park Chairman: Mr John Anderson CBEWearfield Managing Director: Mr Jules PrestonSunderland Tel: 0191 516 0222Tyne & Wear SR5 2TA Fax: 0191 516 815


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Surrey TECTechnology House48-54 Goldsworth Road Chairman: Mr Tony BeecheyWoking Managing Director: Mr Richard WormellSurr Tel: 01483 728190GU21 1LE Fax: 01483 755259

Sussex EnterpriseGreenacre CourtStation Road Chairman: Mr Allan CaffynBurgess Hill Chief Executive: Mr Ken CaldwellWest Sussex Tel: 01444 259259RH15 9DS Fax: 01444 259190

Teesside TECTraining & Enterprise House2 Queens Square Chairman: Mr John McDougall Middlesbrough Chief Executive: Mr John BennettCleveland Tel: 01642 231023TS2 1AA Fax: 01642 232480

Thames Valley Enterprise6th Floor Chairman: Mr Richard FerreKings Point Chief Executive: Mr Roy Knott120 Kings Road Tel: 01734 568156Reading Fax: 01734 567908RG1 3BZ Freefone: 0800 775566

Tyneside TECMoongate House5th Avenue Business Park Chairman: Mr Chris Sharp CBETeam Valley Trading Estate Chief Executive: Mrs Olivia Grant OBEGateshead Tel: 0191 491 6000NE11 0HF Fax: 0191 491 6159

Wakefield TECGrove Hall Chairman: Mr Geoffrey Page60 College Grove Road Chief Executive: Mr Geoffrey BadcockWakefield Tel: 01924 299907WF1 3RN Fax: 01924 201062


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Walsall TEC5th FloorTownend House Chairman: Mr David CarverTownend Square Chief Executive: Mr John HydeWalsall Tel: 01922 32332WS1 1NS Fax: 01922 33011

West London TECSovereign Court15-21 Staines Road Chairman: Mr Michael FryeHounslow Chief Executive: Dr Phil BlackburnMiddlesex Tel: 0181 577 1010TW3 3HA Fax: 0181 570 9969

WESTECPO Box 164St Lawrence House Chairman: Mr Pat Hall TD29-31 Broad Street Chief Executive: Mr Richard BarnfieldBristol Tel: 0117 927 7116BS99 7HR Fax: 0117 922 6664

West Wales TEC3rd FloorOrchard HouseOrchard Street Chairman: Mr Ray KlinckSwansea Chief Executive: Mr Chris JonesWest Glamorgan Tel: 01792 354000SA1 5DJ Fax: 01792 354001

Wight Training and EnterpriseMill CourtFurlongs Chairman: Mr Roger PeckNewport Chief Executive: Mr Derek KozelIsle of Wight Tel: 01983 822818PO30 2AA Fax: 01983 527063

Wiltshire TECThe Bora BuildingWestlea CampusWestlea Down Chairman: Mr John BriffinSwindon Chief Executive: Mr Tim BoucherWiltshire Tel: 01793 513644SN5 7EZ Fax: 01793 542006


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Wolverhampton CCTEPendeford Business Park Chairman: Mr Colin LeighfieldWobaston Road Chief Executive: Mr Peter LatchfordWolverhampton Tel: 01902 397787WV9 5HA Fax: 01902 397786


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Appendix 3: Names and Addresses of Lecs in Scotland

[Reproduced from DTI booklet, A guide to help for small firms, May 1996]

HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS ENTERPRISE

Argyll and the Islands Shetland Enterprise Forth Valley EnterprisesEnterprise The Toll Clock, Shopping Centre Laurel HouseThe Enterprise Centre 26 North Road Lerwick ZE1 0PE Laurelhill Business ParkKilmory Tel 01595 3177 Stirling FK7 9JQLochgilphead Tel 01786 451919Argyll PA31 8SH Skye and Lochaish EnterpriseTel 01546 602281/602563 Kings House Glasgow Development Agency

The Green, Portree Atrium CourtCaithness and Sutherland Isle of Skye IV51 9BS 50 Waterloo Street Glasgow G2 6HQEnterprise Tel 01478 612841 Tel 0141 204 1111Scapa HouseCastle Green Road Western Isles Enterprise Grampian Enterprise LtdThurso 3 Harbour View 27 Albyn PlaceCaithness KW14 7LS Cromwell Street Quay Aberdeen AB1 1YLTel 01847 66115 Stornoway Tel 01224 211500

Isle of Lewis PA87 2DFInverness and Nairn Tel 01851 703905/703625 Lanarkshire Development AgencyEnterprise New Lanarkshire HouseCastle Wynd SCOTTISH ENTERPRISE Willow DriveInverness IV3 3DW Dumfries and Galloway Strathclyde Business ParkTel 01463 713504 Enterprise Co Belshill ML4 3AD

Solway House Tel 01698 745454Lochaber Limited Dumfries Business Park Lothian and EdinburghSt Mary's House Tinwald Downs Road Enterprise LimitedGordon Square Dumfries DG1 3SJ Apex HouseFort William PH33 6DY Tel 01387 245000 99 Haymarket TerraceTel 01397 704326/702160 Edinburgh EH12 5HD

Tel 0131 313 400Moray, Badenoch and Dunbartonshire EnterpriseStrathspey Enterprise 2nd Floor Spectrum House Renfrewshire EnterpriseUnit 8, Elgin Business Centre Clydebank Business Park CompanyMaisondieu Road Clydebank 27 Causeyside StreetElgin IV30 1RH Glasgow G81 2DR Paisley PA1 1UGTel 01343 550567 Tel 0141 951 2121 Tel 0141 848 0101

Orkney Enterprise Enterprise Ayrshire Scottish Borders Enterprise14 Queen Street 17-19 Hill Street Bridge StreetKirkwall KW15 1JE Kilmarnock KA3 1HA Galashiels TD1 1SWTel 01856 874638 Tel 01563 526623 Tel01896 758991

Ross and Cromarty Fife Enterprise Scottish Enterprise TaysideEnterprise Huntsman's House Enterprise House69-71 High Street 33 Cadham Centre 45 North Lindsay Street


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lnvergordon IV18 ODH Glenrothes Fife FY7 6RU Dundee DD1 1HTTel 01349 853666 Tel 01592 621000 Tel01382 223100

Appendix 4: TEC Programmes and Funding Methods 1995/96

[Reproduced from Annex B.2 of the DfEE Efficiency Scrutiny, The TEC Contract and ManagementFee - Annexes, 1996]

Because of their size, the tables start overleaf.

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Appendix 5 TEC Budgets 1991/92 - 1996/97

[Compiled from HC Deb 19 January 1995, cc 614-616W; 26 October 1995, cc 795-796W; and HCDeb 17 October 1996, cc 1131-1132W]


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