§ Mr. David Watkinsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of registered unemployed persons are engaged in training courses funded fully or partially by the Manpower Services Commission.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 22 February 1983, c. 414]: I am afraid that the information is not available.
§ Mr. David Watkinsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the training courses fully or partially funded by the Department of Employment and the Manpower Services Commission and available for the unemployed, the long-term unemployed and for retraining.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 23 February, c. 414]: Training courses are funded under the youth opportunities programme for unemployed young people, and under the training opportunities programme for training and retraining of adults, including those who are unemployed. The training opportunities programme offers a very wide range of courses and I am writing to the hon. Member with a list.
Other Government funded programmes for unemployed people which have a training element include employment rehabilitation for disabled people; the community industry scheme for young people; the community programme for long-term unemployed adults; the voluntary projects programme under which unemployed people carry out voluntary community work. Support is also available under the training for skills programme for apprentices who became redundant.
§ Mr. David Watkinsasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons who completed Manpower Services Commission funded training courses in 1979–80, 1980–81 and 1981–82 subsequently registered as unemployed; and what proportion they constituted of the total of unemployed persons.
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§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 22 February, c. 414]: Information about numbers of people who completed training courses funded through the Manpower Services Commission and subsequently registered as unemployed is not available. Follow-up surveys of people who completed courses under the training opportunities scheme and the youth opportunities programme can be used to estimate numbers in employment after a specified period of three months and 12 months, respectively.