§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many places are currently provided for youth training by further education institutions in each training and enterprise council area; and what this figure is expressed as a proportion of the total number of youth training places provided through each TEC.
Dr. John CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many young people in(a) the county of Cumbria and (b) the borough of Copeland he expects to be in receipt of youth training guarantees on 1 April.
(2) How many youth training guarantees were made in 1994 to young people in the area covered by Cumbria TEC; how many youth training guarantees had been met by Cumbria TEC as at 21 December 1994; and how many youth training guarantees are projected to have been met by 31 March 1995 in the area covered by Cumbria TEC.
§ Mr. PaiceIn 1994, 2,714 school leavers registered as eligible for youth training in Cumbria. As at 21 December 1994, all eligible young people bar one had received an offer of a place on YT within the guarantee period. At April 1995, it is expected that there will be 3,285 young people eligible for the YT guarantee in Cumbria, of which 632 will be from Copeland. The training and enterprise council expects fully to meet its obligations to offer a YT place to every eligible young person up to and beyond 31 March 1995.
§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many places were provided by further education institutions for youth training in each of the last five years for each region; what these numbers are as a proportion of the total places provided in each region in each year; what has been the cost in each region in each year of these training places; and what percentage of the youth training budget in each region in each year this represents.
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§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many further education institutions are contracted as training providers for youth training by each training and enterprise council; and what this figure is expressed as a proportion of the total number of youth training providers contracted to each TEC.
§ Mr. PaiceTraining and enterprise councils are private companies and are responsible for determining their own contracts with training providers. The Department does not have this information.