§ Ms LynneTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how much money he plans to spend on training for unemployed people in the next financial year; and what has been the spending on training for the unemployed in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. PaiceAn announcement about the resources the Department plans to devote in the next financial year to training unemployed people will be made after my right hon. and learned Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Budget announcement.
The following table provides details of how much the Department has spent on training through employment 271W training, training for work and learning for work in each of the last five years.
Year Expenditure (£ million) 1989–90 1,097 1990–91 1,072 1991–92 737 1992–93 630 1993–94 782 Note: Expenditure up to and including 1990–91 is for Great Britain. Expenditure in 1991–92 is England and Wales. Expenditure from 1992–93 is for England only.