§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of people on work-related Government employment and training programmes by sex, in each of the standard regions and Wales, for each of the years 1983 to 1988.
§ Mr. LeeThe estimates of participants in work-related Government training programmes as included in the work force in employment statistics published in the monthly labour market press notice andEmployment Gazette are given in the following table. They include those participants who in the course of their participation receive training in the context of a workplace but are not employees, self-employed or in Her Majesty's forces. The latest available figures are for December 1988.
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Participants in work related Governmen training programmes in Great Britain1 December each year Thousand 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 Males Females All Males Females All Males Females All Males Females All Males Females All Males Females All South East 19 17 36 22 18 40 22 16 38 23 19 42 34 24 58 36 24 60 Greater London (included in South East) 6 5 11 7 5 12 6 5 12 7 6 14 10 8 19 13 10 23 East Anglia 3 1 15 4 1 5 4 3 7 5 4 8 7 5 12 8 4 12 South West 8 7 5 9 7 16 10 8 18 11 9 20 17 12 29 18 12 30 West Midlands 11 10 20 12 11 23 13 11 24 21 17 38 26 20 46 28 19 47 East Midlands 10 8 18 11 9 20 11 9 21 11 9 20 17 11 28 18 11 29 Yorkshire and Humberside 10 9 20 12 10 22 13 11 23 16 13 29 25 17 42 32 18 50 North West 13 11 24 14 13 27 15 13 28 22 18 39 30 22 52 36 23 59 North 7 7 14 7 7 15 9 8 17 13 11 24 18 13 31 25 15 40 Wales 6 5 11 7 5 12 7 6 12 11 8 18 13 9 22 17 9 26 Scotland 8 7 16 11 9 19 12 9 21 15 12 27 22 15 37 29 18 48 1 Participants in the YTS who receive work experience except those who have contracts of employment (those who have contracts of employment are counted as employees in employment) plus participants in new JTS (up to September 1988) and ET participants who receive work experience (from December 1988).
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the total number of planned employment training places in September 1988 for each of the standard regions and Wales.
§ Mr. NichollsInformation on the planned level of filled employment training places is for internal management information purposes only.
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the total number of places by local authorities, private employees, voluntary sector and other public sector sponsors on the latest date for which information is available for each of the standard regions and Wales.
Employees in employment in manufacturing industries Thousand December each year 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 South East 1,505 1,481 1,447 1,386 1,388 1,355 Greater London (included in South East 585 567 548 515 519 491 East Anglia 184 192 199 207 217 232 South West 368 376 373 369 371 378 West Midlands 709 707 709 698 710 732 East Midlands 487 486 495 492 504 509 Yorkshire and Humberside 495 482 477 456 456 456 North West 682 661 650 623 618 618 North 281 280 276 265 266 271 Wales 212 211 209 205 215 224 Scotland 437 433 423 404 395 402
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of employees in
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Employees in employment in manufacturing industries March each year Thousand 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 South East 1,870 1,838 1,719 1,621 1,541 1,489 1,464 1,427 1,363 1,384 1,333 Greater London (included in South East 1 1 1 657 615 577 560 539 498 517 474 East Anglia 204 203 187 181 179 181 192 198 206 218 231 South West 440 433 402 387 369 368 374 369 365 371 375 West Midlands 987 962 828 770 719 704 701 702 690 706 729 East Midlands 602 593 541 521 486 477 483 491 486 500 506 Yorkshire and Humberside 707 682 603 554 510 486 473 467 446 454 451 North West 976 936 832 767 702 672 653 636 614 615 610
§ Mr. NichollsInformation on the number of filled employment training places by type of training manager is not held.