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Dept for Education and Skills

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Dr. Vincent Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills who the members of the National Skills Task Force have been since its inception; what (a) expenses and (b) salary each received; and if he will make a statement. [91658] Mr. Ivan Lewis: The Skills Task Force was established as an Executive NDPB by the former Secretary of State for Education and Skills (Mr. Blunkett), to advise him on the extent and nature of skills shortages and skills gaps and assist him on the development of a national skills agenda. The Skills Task Force operated from April 1998 to June 2000 under the chairmanship of Chris Humphries, currently Director-General of City and Guilds, and represented the private sector, trade unions, FE and HE, local authorities, and National Training Organisations. A list of members follows. As an Executive NDPB, Task Force members were not paid a salary, only reimbursed for their travelling costs to attend monthly meetings. On 27 June 2000, the Task Force's fourth and final report, "Skills for all: proposals for a National Skills Agenda", was published. The report set out their recommendations drawn from their work programme over the last two years. The Secretary of State for Education and Employment provided a final response to the work of the Skills Task Force in the pamphlet, "Opportunity and Skills in the Knowledge-Driven Economy", launched alongside the "Opportunity for All in a World of Change" White Paper on 13 February 2001. Following these reports, much work has been taken forward that will be reflected in the Government's Skills Strategy which will be published in June 2003. This will be a major cross government strategy drawing together policies for meeting the skill needs of the economy and showing how this will raise productivity. Skills Task Force members _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Name Organisation Position Chris Humphries CBE British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), London Director General Chairman of Skill Task Tel. 0207 565 2042 Force Llew Aviss Llew Aviss Associates Tel. 01792 208 558 Managing Director Rita Britton Pollyanna (Barnsley) Ltd. Tel 01226 291 Director 665 Tony Dubbins Graphical, Paper & Media Union, Bedford General Secretary Tel. 01234 351 521 Eric Drewery ABB Ltd., London Tel. 0207 753 2024 Chief Executive Officer John Edmonds GMB, London Tel. 0208 947 3131 General Secretary Denise Hall BT plc, London Tel. 0207 469 2601 Head of Government Health and Education Services Sir Ken Jackson AEEU, Kent Tel. 0208 315 8224 General Secretary Dr. DeAnne Julius Bank of England, London Tel. 0207 601 3788 Member Monetary Policy Committee Eddie Maclntyre CBE Birmingham College of Food, Tourism and Principal Creative Studies Tel. 0121 604 1000 (ext. 234) Ashwin Mistry OBE Brett & Randall Insurance Brokers, Managing Director Board Member Leicester Tel. 0116 222 8222 Leicestershire TEC Terry Morgan British Aerospace Centre, Hampshire Tel: Director of Personnel 01252 373 232 John V. Palmer Works from home Tel. 01785 841 664 Chairman--Steel Industry's NTO Chair of Steel Training Ltd. Peter Rainbird CBE Rainbird Group, Essex Tel. 0127 721 5325 Chairman/Chief Executive Chairman, Essex TEC lain Roxburgh Coventry City Council Tel. 02476 831 076 Chief Executive and Town Clerk Sharon Studer 3 COM Europe Ltd., Hemel Hempstead Tel. Vice President 01442 438 017 Julia Tinsley Pitman Training Centre, Sheffield Tel. Director 0114 272 8392 Adair Turner Confederation of British Industry, London Director-General Tel. 0207 867 3203 Prof. Leslie Wagner CBE Leeds Metropolitan University Tel. 0113 Vice Chancellor 283 3100 Anne Weinstock CBE Rathbone CI, Manchester (on secondment to Chief Executive DfEE, Millennium Volunteers Unit, Sheffield) Tel. 0114 259 3595 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

91658; 398 c251-4W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Education Expenditure Pay Membership Public appointments Non-departmental public bodies Training Skilled workers Skills Task Force

Contains statistics

Yes

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