§ Mr. LeightonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of trainees on employment training, including those on employment action for each month since the beginning of the programme.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe information requested is given in the following tables.
Table 1 Employment Training — in Training— September 1988—March 1990 Great Britain 1988 September1 48,000 October1 67,000 November1 92,000 December1 108,000 1989 January1 131,000 February1 158,000 March1 176,000 April 185,000 May 189,000 June 194,000 July 203,000 August 204,000 September 208,000 October 209,000 November 212,000 December 208,000 1990 January 207,000 February 209,000 March 210,000 1 Excluding trainees transferred from Community Programme who continued to receive CP wages. Source: ET Telephone Census.
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Table 2 Employment training—in training April 1990 to December 1992 Great Britain 1990 April 210,000 May 208,000 June 199,000 July 191,000 August 185,000 September 184,000 October 190,000 November 194,000 December 199,000 1991 January 197,000 February 203,000 March 197,000
Great Britain April 171,000 May 157,000 June 146,000 July 137,000 August 131,000 September 128,000 October 134,000 November 139,000 December 142,000 1992 January 139,000 February 146,000 March 149,000 April 140,000 May 130,000 June 127,000 July 120,000 August 113,000 September 113,000 October 122,000 November 129,000 December 129,000 Source: Employment Service.
Table 3 Employment Action October 1991 to December 1992 Great Britain 1991 October 210 November 2,324 December 4,710 1992 January 5,797 February 10,609 March 14,444 April 17,576 May 19,772 June 21,446 July 23,296 August 24,602 September 25,787 October 28,116 November 29,703 December 30,614 Source: Employment Service.