§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many employment training scheme places originally allocated to London have yet to be allocated to training agents.
§ Mr. NichollsAll training agent provision in London has been allocated.
§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list(a) London-based training agents for the employment training scheme and (b) how many places are involved for each.
§ Mr. NichollsThe table gives a list of training agents and their contracted throughput in London.
Training Agents Places Haringey Skills Training Agency 1,302 London Borough of Enfield 980 North London Employment Training Agency 960 London Borough of Brent 1,600 London Borough of Harrow 600 London Boroughs of Barking, Dagenham and Havering 1,700 Learn a Living 4,000 Newstart 10,290 Southern Training Services 5,000 Personnel Consultancy Service 2,004 London Borough of Hillingdon 460 London Borough of Kingston 230 London Chamber of Commerce & Industry 6,170 London Borough of Richmond/Hounslow 690 Camden Training Agency 1,000 Personnel Employment Guide 2,500 London West Training Services 3,000 Vocational Guidance Association 5,500 Training Options 4,509 Brook Street Bureau 2,020 Total 54,515
§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many voluntary organisations based in London, involved with MSC-Training Commission schemes prior to the introduction of ET, have indicated that they will not participate in ET; and how many places are involved.
§ Mr. NichollsThe information requested is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many voluntary organisations based in London are training agents for the employment training scheme.
§ Mr. NichollsThere is one voluntary organisation acting as a training agent in London.
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§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many employment training scheme places have been allocated to voluntary organisations based in Greater London.
§ Mr. NichollsA total of 6,800 employment training places have been allocated to voluntary organisations acting as training managers in London.
§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the latest figures available stating how many of the employment training programme's filled places are extended placements from the community programme, new public authority placements, new placements in the voluntary sector and new placements in the private sector both nationally and in north Staffordshire.
§ Mr. NichollsThis information is not collected in the format required.
The total number of people in training on employment training at 21 October 1988 was just over 62,000 for Great Britain and 1,201 for the county of Staffordshire. It is not possible to provide separate figures for north Staffordshire.
§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of filled places on the employment training programme (i) nationally and (ii) in north Staffordshire.
§ Mr. NichollsAt 21 October 1988 there were 62,000 people in training on employment training in Great Britain. Figures are not available for north Staffordshire, but in Staffordshire as a whole there were 1,201 filled places at the same date.