HC Deb 25 November 1992 vol 214 cc711-3W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to her answer of 17 November,Official Report, column 155, on work-related training programmes, if she will give figures for every year since 1985.

Mr. Michal Forsyth

The information is shown in the following table.

Participants on work-related government training programmes as a percentage of the civilian workforce in employment by region
June 1985 June 1986 June 1987 June 1988
Region WRGT S1 Per cent. of CWIE WRGT S1 Per cent. of CWIE WRGT S1 Per cent. of CWIE WRGT S1 Per cent. of CWIE
South East2 31,000 0.4 36,000 0.4 47,000 0.6 50,000 0.6
Greater London 10,000 0.3 12,000 0.3 15,000 0.4 17,000 0.4
East Anglia 6,000 0.7 7,000 0.9 10,000 1.2 10,000 1.1
South West 13,000 0.7 17,000 0.9 24,000 1.2 25,000 1.2
West Midlands 19,000 0.9 30,000 1.4 41,000 1.9 41,000 1.8
East Midlands 16,000 1.0 17,000 1.0 25,000 1.5 26,000 1.5
Yorkshire and Humberside 18,000 0.9 22,000 1.1 34,000 1.7 40,000 1.9
North West 23,000 0.9 31,000 1.2 45,000 1.7 49,000 1.8
North 10,000 0.9 20,000 1.6 26,000 2.1 30,000 2.4
Wales 10,000 1.0 13,000 1.3 18,000 1.7 21,000 1.8
Scotland 21,000 1.0 24,000 1.2 34,000 1.6 44,000 1.9

June 1989 June 1990 June 1991 June 1992
Region WRGT S1 Per cent. of CWIE WRGT S1 Per cent. of CWIE WRGT S1 Per cent. of CWIE WRGT S1 Per cent. of CWIE
South East2 64,000 0.7 67,000 0.8 56,000 0.7 57,000 0.7
Greater London 29,000 0.7 31,000 0.8 25,000 0.7 29,000 0.8
East Anglia 12,000 1.2 9,000 0.9 8,000 0.9 8,000 0.9
South West 31,000 1.5 27,000 1.3 23,000 1.1 22,000 1.1
West Midlands 52,000 2.2 44,000 1.8 37,000 1.6 32,000 1.4
East Midlands 32,000 1.8 31,000 1.7 22,000 1.2 22,000 1.3
Yorkshire and Humberside 57,000 2.6 48,000 2.2 38,000 1.8 34,000 1.6
North West 65,000 2.3 55,000 2.0 46,000 1.7 46,000 1.7
North 50,000 3.9 45,000 3.5 35,000 2.9 32,000 2.6
Wales 31,000 2.6 28,000 2.4 21,000 1.8 20,000 1.7
Scotland 59,000 2.6 56,000 2.5 46,000 2.0 43,000 1.9
1 Includes all participants on Government training and employment programmes who are receiving some work experience on their placement but do not have a contract of employment.
2 Including Greater London.