§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) further to his answer of 4 July,Official Report, column 191, if he will explain why no information is available for Wales on the number of adults with learning difficulties undertaking employment training;
(2) further to his answer of 5 July, Official Report, columns 231–32, if he will explain why the information requested is not available.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsFigures are collected on the number of people with disabilities in training, but these figures do not identify specific types of disability. People with learning difficulties are included in total figures for people with disabilities.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, further to his answer of 5 July,Official Report, columns 231–32, if he will indicate what steps he is now taking to ensure adequate monitoring of the provision for people with learning difficulties within employment schemes in Wales.
§ Mr. David HuntEach training and enterprise council (TEC) is required to set out in its corporate and business plans how it intends to meet the needs of people with disabilities. These plans are subject to the approval of myself and the Secretary of State for Employment.
891WSpecific contractual requirements common to all TECs include providing appropriate training to people with special training needs, including those with learning difficulties. The Department of Employment has produced guidance on how to plan for and deliver training to meet those needs.
TECs' performance against their plans will be regularly monitored by the Department of Employment. In addition, the Training Standards Advisory Service will be appraising the quality of training offered by TECs including provision for people with learning difficulties.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, further to his answer, what proportion of the package referred to in his answer of 2 July,Official Report, column 101, will be applied (a) to provision in Wales and (b) to people with learning difficulties in Wales.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsI refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply given to him by my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Employment earlier today.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) further to his answer of 4 July,Official Report, column 191, if he will now set targets for provision for people with learning difficulties in Wales;
(2) further to his answer of 5 July, Official Report, columns 231–32, if he will set targets for the current year and future years in terms of provision for young people and adults with learning difficulties in Wales.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsWe have no plans to set such targets. The Government remain committed to the requirements on special training needs laid down in their agreements with training and enterprise councils.
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§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, further to his answer of 4 July,Official Report, column 191, if he will make it his policy to ensure that information on the number of adults with learning difficulties undertaking employment training is collected in future with regard to Wales.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsWe have no plans to identify separately information on people with learning difficulties among those with other special training needs.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, further to his answer of 2 July,Official Report, column 101, for each training and enterprise council, how each such TEC in Wales has set out its intentions in regard to people with special needs in general and people with learning difficulties in particular in its corporate plan.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsI refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply given by my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Employment earlier today.