§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of places so far filled on employment training schemes in each area manpower board area; what was the target number of places to be filled at this time in each area; and how many of these places in each area were filled by transfers from the community programme.
§ Mr. NichollsInformation on the number of filled places in each area manpower board area is not readily available but the following table gives this information for each training agency area office area. I am not able to supply information on the Training Agency's estimated profile of filled places as this figure is for internal management purposes only and is not normally published.
I am afraid that I cannot give reliable information on the number of places in each area filled by those people transferring from the community programme. However, in September and October a national total of about 6,000 people transferred from the community programme to employment training, so the numbers in any area are not likely to be large.
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Area Office Filled Places as at: 30 September 1988 28 October 1988 25 November 1988 16 November 1988 London south 389 431 614 613 London west 248 431 631 758 South West Region Avon 484 642 1,037 1,230 Devon and Cornwall 1,627 2,209 2,939 3,535 Dorset and Somerset 598 876 1,058 1,273 Gloucester and Wiltshire 278 539 708 797 West Midlands Region Birmingham and Solihull 1,228 2,086 2,998 3,555 Coventry and Warwickshire 551 838 1,134 1,280 Dudley and Sandwell 926 1,231 1,410 1,589 Staffordshire 769 1,296 1,748 2,051 The Marches, Hereford/Worcester 616 980 1,279 1,590 Wolverhampton and Walsall 863 1,263 1,672 1,874 East Midlands and Eastern Region Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire 309 489 835 1,035 Derbyshire 726 1,154 1,520 1,702 Leicestershire and Northamptonshire 707 1,015 1,352 1,530 Lincolnshire 428 540 673 802 Norfolk and Suffolk 755 1,188 1,404 1,786 Nottinghamshire 973 1,318 1,785 1,929 Yorkshire and Humberside Region Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees 1,400 1,676 2,506 2,925 Humberside 2,016 2,662 3,267 3,542 North Yorkshire and Leeds 907 1,424 2,154 2,474 Sheffield and Rotherham 1,490 2,294 3,024 3,461 Wakefield, Doncaster and Barnsley 1,561 2,126 2,913 3,389 North West Region Cheshire 850 1,298 1,699 1,958 Cumbria 235 382 600 773 Lancashire 1,465 1,865 2,420 2,773 Central Manchester 1,346 1,809 2,372 2,500 Greater Manchester north 714 1,103 1,469 1,677 Greater Manchester east 848 1,224 1,589 1,747 Merseyside 1,210 2,197 3,264 3,889 Northern Region Cleveland 1,520 2,247 2,984 3,444 County Durham 898 1,629 2,259 2,538 Northumberland, North Tyneside and Newcastle 954 1,130 1,538 2,022 Sunderland, South Tyneside and Gateshead 1,053 2,063 2,886 3,538 Wales Dyfed and West Glamorgan 944 1,518 1,943 2,283 Gwent 198 621 868 1,051 Gwynned, Clwyd and Powys 436 993 1,251 1,582 Mid and South Glamorgan 735 1,305 1,934 2,351 Scotland Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway 451 700 1,060 1,408 Central and Fife 753 974 1,267 1,567 Glasgow City 836 1,201 1,621 2,052 Grampian and Tayside 739 1,078 1,256 1,409 Highlands and Islands 161 214 287 340 Lanarkshire 406 748 1,104 1,311 Lothian and Borders 490 992 1,558 2,005 Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll 525 701 942 1,197
Mr. SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what criteria are being used in assessing the quality of employment training programmes.
§ Mr. Nicholls[holding answer 22 December 1988]: The criteria used in assessing quality on employment training have been published by the Training Agency in "Achieving 786W Quality—Approved Status Criteria". Copies of the publications for both training managers and training agents have been placed in the Library.
§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what provision has been made for ensuring the quality of placements with employers sub-contracted by training managers.
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§ Mr. Nicholls[holding answer 22 December 1988]: All training managers are required to include provisions in their contracts with sub-contractors which require those sub-contractors to meet satisfactory standards. The criteria which a training manager will have to meet to secure approved status includes a number of requirements in relation to the role of the sub-contractors they use. In addition Training Agency staff have right of access to all employment training providers and officials are already monitoring standards including those of subcontractors.
Employees in part-time1 employment as a percentage of economically active by industry sector, sex and age Great Britain, Spring 1979, 1983 and 1987 per cent. Men Women Industry sector 16 to 29 30 to 44 45 to 59 60 plus All ages 16 to 29 30 to 44 45 to 59 60 plus All ages 1979 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 3— 3— 3— 3— 2.5 3— 51.4 33.8 3— 39.4 Production 3— 3— 3— 10.2 1.0 8.6 37.2 31.9 58.1 25.9 Construction 3— 3— 3— 3— 0.8 3— 54.4 40.6 3— 37.1 Services 2.2 3— 0.9 21.1 2.8 17.1 54.4 51.9 65.1 42.3 All sectors2 1.2 0.3 0.5 15.2 1.8 13.7 48.8 45.6 62.0 36.6 1983 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 3— 3— 3— 3— 3.0 3— 38.0 43.0 3— 36.1 Production 3— 3— 3— 9.0 4.0 6.6 30.1 6.0 50.6 20.8 Construction 3— 3— 3— 3— 0.7 3— 51.8 45.4 3— 34.6 Services 5.8 0.9 1.7 17.2 3.9 19.3 49.2 49.3 62.1 39.9 All sectors2 2.9 0.5 1.0 12.7 2.3 15.2 44.0 43.5 58.8 34.4 1987 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 3— 3— 3— 3— 3.0 3— 41.0 28.4 3— 34.5 Production 1.6 3— 3— 9.0 1.3 8.2 28.7 26.3 60.7 20.3 Construction 3— 3— 3— 3— 0.7 3— 49.8 44.4 3— 36.9 Services 8.4 1.4 2.3 18.7 5.2 23.7 51.5 51.4 67.0 42.4 All sectors2 4.8 0.9 1.4 13.8 3.2 19.6 46.1 45.5 64.5 37.0 1 The definition of part-time is based on the respondent's own assessment, not on the numbers of hours usually wrked. 2 Includes those who did not state current or previous industry. 3 Less than 10,000 in cell, percentage based on this estimate not shown.
§ Mr. PatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the current level of unemployment in the Barnsley, East constituency.
§ Mr. LeeThe information is in the Library. In November 1988, the latest available date, there were 4,039 unemployed claimants in the Barnsley, East parliamentary constituency.
§ Mr. PatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people under the age of 21 years are currently unemployed in Barnsley, East.
§ Mr. LeeFollowing is the available information, which is also in the Library. Unemployment figures are not available for the requested age group. However, in October 1988, the latest available date, the number of unemployed claimants aged under 20 in the Barnsley, East parliamentary constituency was 433.