§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list what training opportunities for disabled persons there are at the Barnsley/Doncaster training and enterprise council.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe training programmes open to people with disabilities are training for work and youth training. Disabled people are exempt from eligibility rules for these programmes.
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the age, sex and the number of persons currently undergoing training at the Barnsley/ Doncaster training and enterprise council; and what were the figures in each year since its inception.
§ Miss WiddecombeDetails of age groups are not collected and are therefore unavailable. Information by sex is shown in the table:
Barnsley and Doncaster Training and Enterprise Council Male Female Total Youth training starts 1991–92 (actual—part-year only) 465 337 802 1992–93 (actual) 3,183 2,432 5,615 1993–94 (actual) 2,781 2,224 5,005 Adult training—training for work 1991–92 (actual—part-time only) 1,278 577 1,855 1992–93 (actual) 4,003 1,591 5,594 1993–94 (actual) 7,298 2,647 9,945
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many disabled persons have been trained at the Barnsley/Doncaster TEC since its inception; and of these, how many received employment on completion.
§ Miss WiddecombeSince the training and enterprise council's inception a total of 559 people with disabilities have started training; of these, 271–48 per cent.—have secured employment.