§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total expenditure both outturn and planned on employment training and those programmes subsumed by employment training for each of the years 1985–86 to 1992–93, in both cash and real terms, for Great Britain.
Employment Training Trainees on practical training placements with employers and on projects on the census date December 1988—December 1989 (Estimated) Percentage Region December1 March June September December Project Employer Project Employer Project Employer Project Employer Project Employer South East 46 31 39 31 36 31 34 25 29 28 London 43 17 48 18 42 19 44 18 42 17 South West 47 24 45 26 44 30 n/a n/a 37 29 West Midlands 65 22 58 20 59 21 58 20 59 24 East Midlands and Eastern n/a n/a 57 27 49 26 n/a n/a n/a n/a Yorkshire and Humberside 52 23 51 25 48 25 47 23 50 24 North West 58 24 49 28 54 27 52 24 49 24 Northern 66 16 53 24 53 24 52 25 51 24 Wales 56 20 45 27 43 28 40 26 39 27 Scotland 69 18 62 21 60 24 65 21 64 22 Great Britain 58 21 52 24 50 25 50 23 49 24 1 Returns include trainees on CP wages. n/a=Not available because of low number of returns.