§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will set out, by the relevant training and enterprise council, the overall number of training credits available, and the take-up at the latest available date.
Mr. JacksonAs at 8 December 1991, 31,506 training credits has been issued within the 11 pilot schemes; 15,67292W of these have already been used by young people to obtain high quality training of their choice. This number continues to rise.
The table shows the figures set out by pilot areas:
Starts—at 8 December 1991 TEC/lec Credits issued Starts Birmingham 3,387 2,565 Bradford 3,159 2,105 Devon and Cornwall 7,193 4,579 Grampian 5,168 1941 Hertfordshire 3,086 672 Kent 541 172 North East Wales 463 226 Northumberland 1,189 1,292 South and East Cheshire 4,134 981 SOLOTEC 795 650 Suffolk 2,391 1,489 Total 31,506 15,672 1 These figures represent credits issued and starts at 30 November 1991. This is due to different accounting periods for Scottish Enterprise.