§ Mr. KennedyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he has any plans to revise the current operations of the employment training scheme, with specific regard to the position of those going into the scheme who are in receipt of income support or unemployment benefit; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. NichollsMy right hon. Friend has no present plans to do so.
§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of filled places on the employment training programme(a) nationally and (b) in north Staffordshire.
§ Mr. NichollsAt 3 February 1989 there were 137,100 people on employment training in Great Britain. Figures 221W are not separately available for north Staffordshire, but there were about 2,600 people training in Staffordshire as a whole on the same date.
§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many of the employment training programme's filled places are(a) project-based and (b) employment-based (i) nationally and (ii) in north Staffordshire.
§ Mr. NichollsThe information is not available in the precise form requested. It is not possible to give information based only on the number on employment training and the estimates provided in the following table include those people on community programme conditions who are training with employment training managers. Figures are not separately available for north Staffordshire and have been provided for Staffordshire and a whole.
Employment Training: Estimated Division of Filled Places at 3 February 1989 National Staffordshire Project-ased 98,133 2,183 Employment-based 37,839 615 Other 33,839 276 Total 169,195 2,074