HC Deb 04 April 1989 vol 150 cc37-8W
Mr. Leighton

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of those referred by the employment service to ET complete their assessment with a training agent; what percentage of those who complete their assessment stay six days with a training manager; and what percentage of those originally referred by the employment service stay six days with a training manager.

Mr. Nicholls

It is estimated that to the end of January 1989 about 55 per cent. of those referred from the Employment Service to training agents agreed action plans. The number of people staying at least six days with a training manager is estimated to be about 80 per cent. of the total number of those who agree action plans. The number of trainees who stay at least six days with training managers is about 45 per cent. of the total of those referred from the Employment Service to training agents.

Mr. Leighton

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what have been the numbers and percentages of those who started on ET who did not complete their course.

Mr. Nicholls

It is estimated that of the 153,300 unemployed people who had started on employment training between 5 September 1988 and the end of January, about 23,000 or 15 per cent. had left the programme early without completing their planned programme of training. People leave the programme for a number of reasons including starting work.

Mr. Leighton

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the qualifications gained by trainees in the ET programme.

Mr. Nicholls

The information requested is available only at disproportionate cost.

Ms. Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what funds his Department has allocated for paying training bonuses to employment training trainees; how much has been paid out to date; and if he will give a breakdown showing how much of that money has been paid out in each of the local areas administered by the Training Agency.

Mr. Nicholls

These arrangements are funded from the overall resources available for employment training and there are no separate area budgets for this purpose. Up to end of February 1989 £84,518 has been paid.

Ms. Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how much has been paid out through the underpinning arrangements to ET managers and agents since the start of employment training; and if he will give a breakdown showing how much of that money was paid out in each of the local areas administered by the Training Agency.

Mr. Nicholls

The underpinning arrangements are funded from the overall resource available for employment training and there are no separate area budgets for this purpose. Up to the end of February 1989 a total of £9,159,751 has been paid out to training managers, and £422,613 to training agents.