§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the current national training organisations by name, sector and number of employees covered. [62398]
§ Mr. MudieA list of the National Training Organisations by sector and employees is shown in the table.
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Training organisations Number of employees 1. Association for Ceramic Training and Development Production of ceramic goods 37,800 2. Bakery Training Council Manufacture, distribution and retail in the banking in industry 125,000 3. Banks and Building Societies NTO Banks and building societies 460,000 4. Board for Education and Training in the Water Industry Water services and supply companies 48,000 5. British Plumbing Employers" Council (Training) Ltd. Plumbing and mechanical services 250,000 6. British Ports Industry Training Ltd. Ports, terminals, stevedoring companies, contract labour suppliers (for the Ports Industry) 25,000 7. CAPITB Apparel and leathergoods manufacture 160,000 8. Chemical and Manufacturing Processing NTO Primary chemical manufacture and processing, manufacture of soaps and detergents 250,000 9. Cleaning & Support Services NTO Carpet and upholstery cleaning, caretaking and portering services, industrial, hospital, commercial and domestic cleaning, facilities management 843,300 10. Community Justice NTO Probation, youth justice, crime prevention and community safety 26,700 11. Construction Industry Training Board Construction industry 1,167,000 12. Council for Administration All sector—administration staff — 13. Custodial care Prisons and other remand organisations 50,000 14. Institute of Customer Service All sector—customer service staff — 15. The Cultural Heritage NTO The cultural heritage, in the public and private sectors, including museums, galleries and a range of organisations concerned with the conservation and interpretation of the material and built heritage 41,000 16. Dairy Training & Development Council Dairy sector 45,000 17. Distributive NTO Warehousing and distribution, retail, dry-cleaning and laundry work, paper wholesalers and post office workers 4,312,700 18. National Training Organisation for Early Years Childminders, nursery nurses, nannies, playgroup leaders and assistants, classroom assistants, staff in private nurseries and foster carers of under eights 427,000 98W
Training organisations Number of employees 19. Electricity Training Association Electricity supply industry, also nuclear decommissioning 115,000 20. Electronics & Software Services NTO Services provided to business to help implement and exploit business technology, including consultancy, IT services, user training, maintenance, call management 350,000 21. Employment NTO All sector—Training and development staff/managers/personnel. F/T trade union officials, health and safety officers — 22. Engineering and Marine Training Authority (EMTA) Engineering manufacture 1,787,000 23. Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) Engineering construction 40,900 24. Engineering Services Training Trust Ltd. Heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) 79,000 25. EPIC (Extractive and Mineral Processing Industries NTO) Quarry products, china and ball clay, silica and industrial sands 39,000 26. Further Education National Training Organisation College staff 250,000 27. Food and Drink NTO Food and drink manufacture 500,000 28. Gas Industry NTO Shipping and supply of natural gas pipelines and associated measurement and control equipment. Installation, maintenance and servicing of a gas burning equipment and appliances, offshore gas burning equipment and appliances, processing and storage facilities 156,000 29. Glass Training Ltd. Automotive, container, flat, fibre, scientific and tableware glass 28,200 30. Hairdressing and Beauty Industry Authority Hairdressing, beauty therapy, nail technology 225,000 31. Health Care NTO Health Care 970,100 32. Hospitality Training Foundation Hospitality industry: e.g. hotels, pubs/bars/clubs, restaurants 2,033,000 33. Housing National Training Organisation Housing 150,000 34. Information Technology National Training Organisation IT users and supply side practitioners, practitioners in corporate and public sector 683,000 35. Insurance and Related Financial Service NTO Insurance and related financial services 350,000 36. Languages NTO All sector—translators, interpreters — 37. LANTRA NTO Ltd. Landbased industry plus lift trucks and floristry 1,389,000 38. Local Government NTO Local Government—public (consumer) protection, highways, maintenance and emergency fire service 2,080,300 39. Management & Enterprise Training Organisation All sector—represents small firms and management — 40. Meat Training Council Meat and poultry industry, manufacturers and processors, wholesalers, independents and multiples (retail) 170,000 99W
Training organisations Number of employees 41. METIER Visual arts/crafts, performing arts, arts development and teaching, literature arts, arts, arts managements and administration, technical support and performance design 615,000 42. Motor Industry Training Council Retail motor industry and allied sectors 503,700 43. National Electrotechnical Training Electrical installation engineering plus allied trades (Electrotechnical sector) 172,000 44. OPITO (The NTO for the Oil and Gas Extraction Industry) Oil and gas extraction (includes—drilling, processing/transfer, servicing operations) 30,000 45. Paper Education & Training Council All paper manufacture, tissue/recovered paper, allied trades and fibre content 78,200 46. Passenger Transport Forum for Employee Development Land (road) passenger transport 148,000 47. Petroleum Industry NTO Downstream petroleum, refining and distribution 91,000 48. Pharmaceuticals Industry NTO Pharmaceuticals industry 80,000 49. Polymer & Associated Industries NTO Polymer processing, signmaking, man-made fibres (from 15.9.98) 317,000 50. Print & Graphic Communication NTO Traditional printing, printing in new media formats, screen printing, book binding 193,400 51. Rail Industry Training Council Rail industry, freight operations, engineering and heritage companies 130,300 52. Refractories & Building Products Training Council Refractories and ceramic materials, clayware (including clay bricks, pipes, drainage, chimneys, floor tiles), precast concrete 23,200 53. Road Haulage and Distribution Training Council Road transport and freight, storage, post and courier services 600,000 54. Science, Technology & Mathematics NTO All sector—Scientists, technologists and mathematicians — 55. Selfish Training Sea fishing, fish merchanting and processing, fish mongering, fish frying 104,000 56. Security Industry Training Organisation Guarding, investigating, security management 308,000 57. Skillset Broadcast, film, video and muti-media 190,000 58. NTO for Sport, Recreation & Allied Occupants Sport and recreation, playwork, outdoor education and development training, exercise and fitness, synthetic surface installers and play equipment manufacturers and installation 212,000 59. Steel Industry NTO The steel industry, metals, recycling, iron and steel makingshaping and forming through hot and cold processing, forging, wire drawing, tube making, finishing, stockholding, constructional steelwork 97,600
Training organisations Number of employees 60. Telecommunications Vocational Standards Council Fixed wire public and private communications—CATV, Mobile public and private communications-military and marine communications, call handling 1,646,000 61. The Higher Education Training Organisation Everyone employed in a university including lecturers 173,600 62. Training Alliance for Surface Coatings Paint, priniting inks, wallcoverings and powder coatings 20,500 63. Training Organisation for Personal Social Services Personal social services—social work, social care, resident home staff, day centre staff, foster carers 1,237,000 64. Ttento Ltd. Leisure and business travel, tour operators, tourist information centres, representatives/travel couriers 130,000 65. Voluntary Sector NTO All sector—all unpaid workers and those paid staff working in charitable organisations — Note:
1. The employee figures for the All-Sector NTOs are included in the appropriate sector NTO figures.
2. These are approximate figures provided by the organisation themselves.