HC Deb 26 October 1995 vol 264 cc803-5W
Mr. Byers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is(a) the average number of training for work leavers who gained a qualification or credits towards a qualification and (b) the number of leavers entering employment in 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994 (i) nationally and (ii) for each training and enterprise council. [39778]

Mr. Paice

As the information requested contains a large amount of data, I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my reply in the Library.

Mr. Byers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much was spent on the training for work programme in each year between 1991 and 1995 and what is the projected account in 1995–96; what was the number of starts and filled places in each year; and what is the projected figure for 1995–96. [39776]

Mr. Paice

In April 1993, training for work replaced employment training and employment action. The information requested is given in the following table.

1991–92 Outturn(1) 1992–93 Outturn(2) 1993–94 Outturn(3) 1994–95 Provisional outturn 1995–96 planned
Expenditure (£ million) 753.7 766.8 760.2 683.0 574.0
Starts (000s) 252 291 292 280 225
Filled places (000s) 119 105 124 95 92

Notes:

1. In the expenditure figures for 1991–92, the ET element relates to England and Wales and the EA element relates to England, Scotland and Wales.

2. In the expenditure figures for 1992–93, the ET element related to England only and the EA element related to England and Scotland