HC Deb 22 January 1993 vol 217 cc438-9W
Mr. Leighton

To 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. McLoughlin

The 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.

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.