Job Training Schemes (Hansard, 20 November 1986)

§ Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Paymaster General (1) how much the agencies which have been selected as Dundee management agents for the new Manpower Services Commission's job training schemes for the long-term unemployed will be paid by the Manpower Services Commission once the trainee has been placed with a company;

(2) if those 20 long-term unemployed claimants who were invited to participate in the new Manpower Services Commission's funded job training programme during interviews held in Dundee will be credited with national insurance contributions while on the scheme;

(3) which agencies in Dundee have been selected to manage the new Manpower Services Commission's job training scheme for long-term unemployed; and on what criteria the selection was made;

(4) if those 20 long-term unemployed claimants who were invited to participate in the new Manpower Services Commission's funded job training programme during interviews held in Dundee will be regarded as new claimants if they sign on when the scheme finishes;

(5) if those 20 long-term unemployed claimants who were invited to participate in the new Manpower Services Commission's funded job training programme during interviews held in Dundee, will have their unemployment benefit withdrawn if they refuse to participate in the scheme;

(6) why his officers were unable to provide information to those 20 long-term unemployed claimants invited to participate in the new Manpower Services Commission's funded job training programme in Dundee as to the implications for their entitlement to benefits of accepting a place on the scheme;

(7) if those 20 long-term unemployed claimants who were invited to participate in the new Manpower Services Commission's funded job training programme during interviews held in Dundee will still be registered as unemployed if they accept this job training scheme;

(8) how much the agencies which have been selected as Dundee management agents for the new Manpower Services Commission job training scheme for the longterm unemployed will be paid per person each week for administration costs, from the Manpower Services Commission;

(9) if the companies which accept trainees from the new Manpower Services Commission's job training scheme for the long-term unemployed are obliged to pay a fee for the trainee.