HC Deb 15 November 1984 vol 67 cc330-4W
Mr. Sheerman

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the current, future, projected and previous numbers of participants in total and by region in the various training and employment measures run by the Manpower Services Commission.

Mr. Peter Morrison

[pursuant to his reply, 9 November 1984, c. 27]: The figures for each scheme are given in the following tables. Current participants are given for the latest available date.

Programme: Priority skills national grants
Financial year *Great Britain
1975–76 27,200
1976–77 39,800
1977–78 37,600
1978–79 36,500
1979–80 22,200
1980–81 25,600
1981–82 28,600
1982–83 21,900
1983–84 17,500
September 1984 1,700
1984–85 11,000
* Regions: Scotland; Northern; Yorkshire and Humberside; North West; Midlands; Wales; South West; South East; London.

Notes:

  1. 1. National grants—regional breakdown not available.
  2. 2. Up to and including 1978–79, programme was known as 'Special Measures'.
  3. 3. Between 1979/80 and 1982–83, programme was known as 'Training for Skills'.
  4. 4. Figures for September 1984 represent numbers currently supported.
  5. 5. Figures for 1984–85 relate to the planned number of starts.
  6. 6. Figures have been rounded to the nearest one hundred.

Financial Year
1982–83 1983–84 September 1984 1984–85
South West 700 7,100 7,500 9,000
South East 1,100 12,400 10,800 16,000
London 600 7,700 8,800 13,000
GREAT BRITAIN 12,100 134,400 123,000 160,000

Notes:

  1. (1) Figures relate to numbers entering the programme, except those relating to September 1984, which are currently filled places.
  2. (2) Figures for 1984–85 relate to the planned number to enter the Schemes in that year.
  3. (3) Figures in each column have been rounded to the nearest one hundred.

Programme: Youth Training Scheme (YTS)
Financial Year
1983–84 September 1984 1984–85
Scotland 38,800 31,300 42,400
Northern 25,900 21,900 27,100
Yorkshire and Humberside 35,800 32,300 40,300
North West 54,100 48,200 59,200
Midlands 72,500 64,800 82,800
Wales 21,700 18,600 23,500
South West 26,200 22,900 31,200
South East 57,000 48,600 68,700
London 21,900 18,600 29,400
GREAT BRITAIN 354,000 307,200 404,000

Notes:

  1. (1) Figures for 1983–84 relate to numbers entering the scheme.
  2. (2) The figure for September 1984 represents the number in training on that date.
  3. (3) Figures for 1984–85 relate to the planned number to enter the scheme in that year.
  4. (4) Figures in each column have been rounded to the nearest one hundred.

Programme: Training Opportunities Programme (TOPS)
Financial year
1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 August 1984 1984–85
Scotland 10,800 11,500 9,000 9,200 8,500 8,000 7,200 8,300 2,000 9,600
Northern 12,000 14,300 5,200 5,700 5,200 4,300 4,300 4,500 1,000 7,500
Yorkshire and Humberside 5,200 6,000 5,100 4,700 5,500 6,100 1,500 7,200
North West 15,000 16,300 11,400 12,000 9,800 9,200 9,600 10,900 2,400 13,200
Midlands 14,900 15,100 9,000 9,600 8,500 8,400 7,900 9,400 2,600 11,400
Wales 13,000 14,100 4,200 4,300 4,200 3,900 3,200 3,500 1,100 4,800
South West 4,400 4,800 4,700 4,300 4,500 5,200 1,400 5,700
South East 12,900 14,300 10,700 11,300 10,000 9,600 9,400 9,800 2,600 13,500
London 12,700 13,400 11,200 11,700 10,400 9,100 7,700 8,500 2,200 11,700
Great Britain 32,700 41,400 49,600 64,600 91,400 99,000 70,200 74,500 66,400 61,400 59,300 66,200 16,200 85,600

Notes:

  1. 1. All figures except for August 1984 are for individuals completing training.
  2. 2. Figures in each column have been rounded to the nearest one hundred.
  3. 3. Regional breakdown for years 1972–73 to 1975–76 could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.
  4. 4. Figures for 1976–77 and 1977–78 include young people trained under TOPS.
  5. 5. Figures for 1976–77 have been estimates using a breakdown by regions which was available for the 1976 calendar year.
  6. 6. The figure for August 1974 represents the number in training at that date.
  7. 7. The figure for 1984–85 represents the planned number to complete training in that year.
  8. 8. Total for 1984–85 includes 1,000 starts at residential training centres which cannot be allocated to region.

Programme: Open Tech Programme
1983–84 1984–85
Great Britain* 6,000 25,000

Programme: Employment Rehabilitation
Financial Year
1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 October 1984 1984–85
Scotland — — — 2,000 2,200 2,200 2,200 2,200 2,200 2,300 150 2,300
Northern — — — 1,500 1,500 1,400 1,600 1,500 1,500 1,500 100 1,500

Programme: Enterprise Allowance Scheme (EAS)
Financial Year
1983–84 October 1984 1984–85
Scotland 2,200 3,200 4,000
Northern 1,600 2,200 3,000
Yorkshire and Humberside 2,600 3,700 4,500
North West 5,200 7,700 10,300
Midlands 5,000 6,800 8,600
Wales 1,900 2,500 3,000
South West 2,200 3,100 4,000
South East 4,400 6,000 8,000
London 2,600 3,800 4,700
GREAT BRITAIN 27,000 39,100 50,100

Notes:

  1. (1) Figures for 1983–84 show the number participating under the National Scheme in that year.
  2. (2) Figures at October 1984 show the number participating at that date.
  3. (3) Figures for 1984–85 show the number expected to participate in that year.
  4. (4) Figures in each column have been rounded to the nearest one hundred.

*Regions: Scotland; Northern; Yorkshire and Humberside; North West; Midlands; Wales; South West; South East; London

Notes:

  1. (1) Regional breakdown not available
  2. (2) Current participants figures are not available until April 1985
  3. (3) Figures for 1984–85 relate to planned provision
  4. (4) Figures have been rounded

Financial Year
1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 October 1984 1984–85
Yorkshire and Humberside — — — 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 1,900 2,000 2,200 160 2,100
North West — — — 1,700 1,500 2,300 2,200 2,100 2,100 2,100 150 2,000
Midlands — — — 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,200 2,500 2,400 2,700 190 2,700
Wales — — — 1,000 1,100 1,100 1,100 1,100 1,100 1,200 70 1,000
South West — — — 500 1,200 1,100 1,100 1,100 1,200 1,200 90 1,200
South East — — — 1,000 1,000 1,000 900 900 800 900 80 900
London — — — 2,200 2,200 2,000 1,800 1,500 1,700 1,800 120 1,700
GREAT BRITAIN 12,200 13,800 15,000 14,900 15,700 16,100 16,100 14,800 15,000 15,800 1,100 15,400

Notes

  1. (1) Regional breakdown from 1974–to 1976–77 not available.
  2. (2) Financial year figures relate to people entering employment rehabilitation.
  3. (3) Figures for October 1984 relate to numbers attending employment rehabilitation centres at that date.
  4. (4) Figures in each column have been rounded to the nearest one hundred.

Programme: Community Industry (CI)
Financial Year
1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 September 1984 1984–85
Scotland — — — — — — — — — — 1,725 1,698 1,722 1,635 1,654
Northern — — — — — — — — — — 1,159 1,135 1,133 1,086 1,117
Yorkshire and Humberside — — — — — — — — — — 1,230 1,249 1,254 1,202 1,222
North West — — — — — — — — — — 1,306 1,305 1,320 1,296 1,313
Midlands — — — — — — — — — — 784 777 769 733 748
Wales — — — — — — — — — — 956 949 960 962 964
South West — — — — — — — — — — 223 232 221 228 233
South East — — — — — — — — — — 117 114 112 118 115
London — — — — — — — — — — 680 657 646 593 598
Great Britain 550 2,300 2,300 2,300 4,600 6,300 6,300 8,000 6,900 8,000 8,180 8,116 8,137 7,853 7,964

Notes

  1. 1. Figures shown for financial years are average annual occupancy, previous numbers of actual participants are not available.
  2. 2. Figures shown for September 1984 are current numbers participating.
  3. 3. A regional breakdown is not available prior to 1981–82.

Programme: Agency Rehabilitation
*Great Britain
1974–75 †
1975–76 †
1976–77 640
1977–78 620
1978–79 545
1979–80 560
1980–81 520
1981–82 540
1982–83 500
1983–84 515
September 1984 149
1984–85 554
* Regions: Scotland; Northern; Yorkshire and Humberside; North West; Midlands; Wales; South West; South East; London.
† Not available.

NoteRegional figures not available.

Programme: Voluntary Projects Programme (VPP)
Financial Year June 1984
Scotland 766
Northern 783
Yorkshire and Humberside 1,960
North West 1,828
Midlands 1,670
Wales 905
South West 998
South East 1,731
London 1,473
GREAT BRITAIN 12,114

Notes:

  1. (1) Figures shown were derived from a census held in June 1984.

(2) Due to the voluntary nature of the programme, forecast figures not available.

(3) Figures have been rounded to the nearest one hundred.

(4) VPP was launched in August 1982 as an experimental programme. Statistics were only brought onto a financial year basis from April 1984. Earlier figures are therefore not available.

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