HC Deb 03 May 1990 vol 171 cc638-9W
Mr. McLeish

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the names of those employment training agents and managers that have been given approved status since the inception of employment training.

Mr. Nicholls

The names of those training managers awarded approved training organisation status by the Employment Department Training Agency at 30 April 1990 are:

  • Birmingham Churches Managing Agency
  • Borough of High Peak
  • HPW Training Ltd. (Barnsley)

Mr. McLeish

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment when he expects to grant approved training status to all employment training agents and managers.

Mr. Nicholls

Decisions on approved training organisation status for employment training, training agents and training managers are the responsibility of the Employment Department Training Agency, and where these are established, training and enterprise councils. Those training agents and training managers who started employment training in September 1988 are due to achieve approved training organisation status by September 1990.

Mr. McLeish

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if the existing employment training expenditure levels are running within the 1990–91 budget and volume requirements.

Mr. Nicholls

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Clydebank and Milngavie (Mr. Worthington) on 26 April,Official Report, column 318.

Mr. McLeish

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the national budget for employment training in 1990–91 for(a) each of (i) mainstream and (ii) non-mainstream clients and (b) each region.

Mr. Nicholls

In 1990–91 the budget, excluding trainee allowances, for new mainstream clients and existing trainees is £468 million and for new non-mainstream clients the budget is £52 million. Regional budgets are for internal management information purposes only.

Mr. McLeish

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give for employment training based on output-related funding from training and enterprise councils the target percentage of positive outcomes for Great Britain and each standard region for(a) mainstream clients and (b) non-mainstream clients.

Mr. Eggar

There are no separate targets for achievement of positive outcomes by mainstream and non-mainstream clients on employment training.