§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) for each region and for Great Britain as a whole, how many employment training or training for work trainees have employment status; what was the position a year earlier; and how this number has been estimated;
(2) for each region and for Great Britain as a whole, separately for male and female, how many people have entered employment action and how many were participating in employment action in each month since January; and what detailed information he has about the destination of those participants who have left employment action; and if he will make a statement;
(3) if he will publish tables showing the latest available results from the employment training leavers' survey for each training and enterprise council area in England and Wales and each local enterprise company area in Scotland broken down to show the number and proportion of employment training leavers who were (a) in a full-time job with their work experience employer, (b) in a full-time job with another employer, (c) employed in their own business, (d) in a part-time job, (e) in voluntary work, (f) on another Government training programme, (g) on a full-time education or training course, (h) unemployed and claiming benefit, (i) unemployed and not claiming benefit, (j) in a job club and (k) doing something else;
(4) if he will publish tables showing the latest available results from the youth training leavers survey for each training and enterprise council area in England and Wales and each local enterprise company in Scotland broken down to show the number and proportion of youth training leavers who were (a) in full-time work with the same employer, (b) in full-time work with a different employer, (c) in part-time work, (d) on a full-time course at a college or training centre, (e) on another youth training scheme, (f) doing something else, (g) who were unemployed, (h) who had obtained a vocational qualification, (i) the number of questionnaires issued, (j) the usable percentage response rate and (k) the percentage of respondents who were early leavers;
(5) if he will show for each region and for Great Britain as a whole, for all trainees and separately for male and female, for the latest available period, the wages earned by employment training trainees who three months after leaving were (a) in a full-time job, (b) in a part-time job and (c) self-employed;
(6) if he will list for each region and for Great Britain as a whole the latest available information he has on the characteristics of those who have entered employment training showing (a) the number of entrants covered, (b) whether male or female, (c) duration of unemployment, (d) ethnic origin and (e) if they have a disability;
(7) how many people were participating in (a) employment training, (b) employment action, (c) the enterprise allowance scheme/business start-up allowance and (d).youth training in each month since December 1992 for each region and for Great Britain as a whole; and if he will make a statement;
668W(8) how many youth training credits have been issued in the pilot areas to young people; how many young people have taken them up; what other information he has on the take up of credits in those areas; and if he will make a statement;
(9) what are the latest results for each region, and for Great Britain as a whole, of the YTS/YT leavers' survey, showing for all trainees, for male and female trainees and for each separate ethnic group and for those with a disability (a) those in full-time work with the same employer, (b) those in full-time work with a different employer, (c) those in part-time work, (d) those on a full-time course at a college or training centre, (e) those on another youth training scheme, (f) those doing something else, (g) those who were unemployed, (h) those who had obtained a vocational qualification, (i) the number of questionnaires issued, (j) the usable percentage response rate and (k) the percentage of respondents who were early leavers;
(10) if he will show for each region and for Great Britain as a whole, for the latest available period, for all leavers and separately for male and female, for each ethnic group, and for those with a disability or health problem, the number and proportion of employment training trainees who three months after leaving were (a) in a full-time job with their work experience employer, (b) in a full-time job with another employer, (c) employed in their own business, (d) in a part-time job, (e) in voluntary work, (f) on another Government training programme, (g) on a full-time education or training course, (h) unemployed and claiming benefit, (i) unemployed and not claiming benefit, (j) in a job club and (k) doing something else;
(11) if he will show for each region and for Great Britain as a whole, for the latest available period, for all leavers and separately for male and female, for each ethnic group, and for those with a disability or health problem, the number and proportion of employment training leavers who (a) had been entered for a vocational qualification, (b) had obtained a vocational qualification, (c) had failed to obtain a vocational qualification and (d) were awaiting results; and how many of the employment training leavers in the relevant period had completed the training agreed in their initial action plan;
(12) how many people were receiving the business start-up allowance formerly the enterprise allowance in each London training and enterprise council in each quarter since December 1992; and what was the amount of expenditure on the business start-up allowance in the areas covered by each London TEC in 1991–92 and the budgets agreed for business start-up allowance with each London TEC in 1993–94; and if he will make a statement;
(13) what has been the average length of participation that trainees have spent on employment training in 1991–92 and 1992–93 for each region and for Great Britain as a whole;
(14) if he will publish tables showing the latest available results from the employment training leavers' survey for each training and enterprise council area in England and Wales and each local enterprise company area in Scotland broken down to show the number and proportion of employment training leavers who had (a) been entered for a vocational qualification, (b) obtained a vocational qualification, (c) had failed to obtain a vocational qualification and (d) were awaiting their results; and how 669W many of the employment training leavers in the relevant period had completed the training agreed in their initial action plan.
§ Miss WiddecombeAs the information is contained in a considerable number of tables, I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy in the Library.
§ Ms ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will list for each training and enterprise council in England their youth training performance in 1992–93 showing(a) the cost per output point and (b) the number of national vocational qualifications per 100 leavers, together with the latest information he has for 1993–94; and if he will make a statement;
(2) if he will list for each training and enterprise council in England their employment training performance in 1992–93 showing (a) the cost per output point, (b) the number of national vocational qualifications per 100 leavers and (c) the number of positive outcomes per 100 leavers, together with the latest information he has for 1993–94; and if he will make a statement.
§ Miss WiddecombeWe intend to publish inter-TEC comparisons for 1992–93 as soon as the final figures have been agreed. A copy will be placed in the Library. We intend to publish full year comparisons for 1993–94 next summer. We do not plan to publish in-year tables because uneven flows of information during the year can distort comparisons of performance.
§ Ms ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what sums of money have been contributed from the European social fund towards(a) youth training and (b) employment training in 1992; what percentage contribution to the total costs of youth training and employment training this represents; what other Department of Employment training and employment programmes have been financially supported by the ESF; how much financial support has been given in 1992; what proportion of the total cost this contribution represented; and if he will make a statement.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe information requested about programmes which have received European social fund support in 1992 is provided in the table. This data relate to ESF support for programmes in England and Wales:
ESF support1 (£ million) ESF support as a percentage of expenditure Employment training 140.25 16.88 Youth training 14.54 2.53 Enterprise allowance scheme 12.31 16.59 1 Applications totals.