HC Deb 11 December 1987 vol 124 cc279-81W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list all the managing agents offering places in the Newcastle-upon-Tyne city area under(a) the youth training scheme, (b) the job training scheme and (c) the community programme, together with the number of places offered by each agent in each scheme.

Mr. Cope

The managing agents offering places in the Newcastle-upon-Tyne city area are listed below:

Managing agent Contracted places
(a) YTS
Alliance & Leicester Building Society 2
Argyll Stores 16
Association of British Travel Agents 8
Association of Merchants in Training 5
B & Q 6
Bainbridge 20
Benfield Motors 32
Binns 10
Boots 8
British Association of Professional Hairdressing Employers 7
British Engines 17
British Insurance Brokers Association 6
British Office Systems and Stationery Federation 1
British Printing Industry Federation 1
British Rail 14
Builders Merchants Federation 5
Burton Group PLC 12
Central Electricity Generating Board 1
Chubb 1

Managing agent Contracted places
Clothing and Allied Products Industry Training Board 22
Community Industry 18
Construction Industry Training Board 136
Data Northern Ltd. 313
DER 3
Dixon's 2
Eagle Star Insurance 2
Electronic Rentals 1
Essanelle 14
Federation of London Clearing Banks 17
Fenwicks 88
Footballers Association Further Education and Vocational Training Society Ltd. 9
John Gerard 16
Gosforth Employment Rehabilitation Centre 60
Granada Television Rentals 7
Greggs of Gosforth 18
Habitat 2
Halifax Building Society 2
Hotel and Catering Training Board 131
IBM 4
JHP Training 152
K Shoes 1
Key Training 275
Kwikfit 4
Littlewoods 5
Lunn Poly 4
Lupins 62
Magnet & Southern 2
Marks & Spencer 7
Metcon 1
Midland Bank 1
Miltech 6
Mothercare 3
National Association for Care and Rehabilitation of Offenders 148
North East Electricity Board—Electricity Council 6
North East Furniture Manufacturers 2
NEI Plc 78
Newcastle College of Arts and Technology 324
Newcastle ITeC 97
Newcastle Local Education Authority 699
Newey and Eyre 7
North East Link 110
Northern Regional Health Authority 18
Northern Rock Building Society 34
Northumbria Ambulance Service 29
Northumbria Water Authority 6
Partco 1
Plastics Processing Industry Training Board 6
Post Office Counters 40
Post Office Letters 58
Rumbelows 2
Scottish and Newcastle Breweries 13
Shoe Repair Industry Training Association 3
Stylo Barratt 3
Sumlock 59
Swallow Hotels 5
Texas 4
Thomson Holidays 2
TR Dixon 4
Trustee Savings Bank 7
Tyne and Wear Chamber of Commerce 325
Tyneside Training Service 291
Vickers 183
Work and Learn (North East) Ltd. 233
Yorkshire Bank 1
Total 4,358

Managing agent Contracted annual throughput
(b) the Job Training Scheme:
Data Northern Ltd.1 1,000
Lloyds British Training Services Ltd. 1,250
Tyneside Skillcentre 300
Tyne and Wear Chamber of Commerce 600
Key Training Ltd. 500
Total 3,650

Managing agent Authorised places
(c) the Community Programme:
Age Concern 19
Boys Brigade 8
Christian Relay 34
Community Rural Aid 45
Community Service Volunteers 24
Community Task Force 241
Community Transport 140
Conservation Practice 20
Energy Support 14
Keep Britain Tidy Group 14
Keeping Newcastle Warm 105
National Association For the Care and Rehabilitation of Offenders 233
New Job Horizons 319
Newcastle City Council Agency 1,178
Northumbria Tourist Board 98
PHAB 8
Police 107
St. Anthony of Padua 340
Total 2,947
1 Some of these places are provided outside the Newcastle upon Tyne city area.