Employment Training (Hansard, 12 February 1990)

§ Mr. McLeish
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if employers' financial contributions to employment training are to be increased in 1990–91 to 1992–93.

§ Mr. Nicholls
Employers' financial contributions to employment training are for local negotiation. The Government aim to encourage more employers to participate in employment training and for employers to make a greater investment in training. The formation of training and enterprise councils will be a major step towards those objectives.

§ Mr. McLeish
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the number of claimants who have had their(a) benefit claim referred to an adjudication office and (b) benefit withdrawn as a result of refusing a place on an employment training scheme in terms of its actively seeking work conditions.

§ Mr. Eggar
Employment training is a voluntary programme. Social security legislation does not provide for disqualification or disallowance of unemployment benefit where a person refuses to apply for or accept a place on employment training.

§ Mr. McLeish
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the number of continuing training grants made available in respect of trainees recruited by employees before completion of the employment training action plan between September 1988 and December 1989 inclusive for Great Britain.

§ Mr. Nicholls
The information requested Js riot available.

§ Mr. McLeish
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the companies that have withdrawn from employment training between January 1989 and December 1989 for Great Britain.
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§ Mr. Nicholls
The information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

§ Mr. McLeish
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number for employment training of(a) training agents and (b) training managers in Great Britain on the most recent date for which figures are available.

§ Mr. Nicholls
As at 8 February 1990 there were 191 training agents and 1,362 training managers participating in employment training.

§ Mr. McLeish
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of employment training trainees who entered permanent employment in the period December 1988 to December 1989 for Great Britain.

§ Mr. Nicholls
The information is not available in the form requested.

§ Mr. McLeish
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of training agents that went into receivership between September 1988 and December 1989 for Great Britain.

§ Mr. Nicholls
No training agents in employment training went into receivership between September 1988 and December 1989.