§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the percentage figures for achievement of national vocational qualifications(a) in the pilot areas for output-related funding with the major payment of training for work funding at the end of the training period and (b) the non-pilot areas; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. PaiceIn 1993–94, 48 per cent. of those leaving training for work achieved national vocational qualifications or their equivalents in the areas where training and enterprise councils were piloting output related funding. In the non-pilot TEC areas of England the figure was 35 per cent. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has recently announced that all TECs in England will move to a starts and outcomes funding regime for training for work from April 1995.