To ask the Scottish Executive how many claims for individual learning account (ILA) payments are currently outstanding; how many such claims have been made by providers of training courses linked to ILAs for more than (a) six and (b) 12 months, and how many such providers have on more than one occasion had their services confirmed as valid by (i) learndirect scotland and (ii) Scottish Enterprise. As claims for payment of ILA-supported learning commenced before 31 January 2002, for which the learner enrolled before 20 December 2001, are currently being accepted, I am not yet in a position to indicate the number of claims currently outstanding.