Written answers - Regional Development Agencies

Learning and Skills Council for England

Roberta Blackman-Woods: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many staff have transferred from the Learning and Skills Council to each regional development agency since April 2010. [8453]

Mr Hayes: The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) ceased to exist on 31 March 2010 and the responsibility for distributing funding for training and education of post 19 adult learners outside of higher education was transferred to the Skills Funding Agency on 1 April 2010.

No staff have transferred from the Skills Funding Agency to Regional Development Agencies since April 2010. 31 staff are currently on secondment from the Skills Funding Agency to the Regional Development Agencies. These staff were seconded prior to April 2010. The staff have the right of return to the Skills Funding Agency when their secondments end.