§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give for each year the number of trainees on MSC/Training Commission/Training Agency programmes who have received payments under the analogous industrial injuries scheme which his Department oversees; and what is the average payment made to each trainee.
§ Mr. NichollsThe number of adult and youth trainees eligible to receive benefits from the Training Agency's analogous industrial injuries scheme and the annual amounts paid since April 1983 is shown in the table. Comprehensive information is not available before 1983. It is not possible to provide an accurate estimate of the average payment made because part of the annual amounts shown relate to trainees injured in an earlier year.
Period Number of trainees who received benefits Total amount paid April 1983—March 1984 945 £263,799 April 1984—March 1985 779 £363,497 April 1985—March 1986 782 £480,434 April 1986—March 1987 850 £601,339 April 1987—March 1988 1,057 —607,837