§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what organisations have been granted employment training agent contracts; what are the planned volumes of trainees in the first six months; and what numbers of trainees have been through at the most recently available date for each Department of employment training agency area;
(2) what are the numbers of approved places allocated under employment training; what are the area budgets for the programme; and what are the allocations of supplementary grant for each Department of Employment Training Agency area for each area.
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Table 1 ET: Training agents by organisation type (at 31 October 1988) Area Office EMP VB LA Others Total South East Region Berkshire and Oxfordshire 2 0 0 2 4 Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire 1 0 1 2 4 Essex 2 1 0 1 4 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 1 0 3 1 5 Kent 0 1 1 1 3 Surrey 0 0 1 0 1 Sussex 3 0 1 0 4 London Region Inner London North 0 0 0 6 6 Inner London South 1 0 1 1 3 London East 0 0 0 3 3 London North 0 1 4 0 5 London South 2 0 0 0 2 London West 0 0 3 1 4 South West Region Avon 0 0 1 0 1 Devon and Cornwall 0 0 4 0 4 Dorset and Somerset 0 0 2 0 2 Gloucester and Wiltshire 0 0 2 0 2 West Midlands Region Birmingham and Solihull 1 0 2 0 3 Coventry and Warwickshire 2 0 0 0 2 Dudley and Sandwell 2 0 0 0 2 Staffordshire 3 0 0 1 4 The Marches, Hereford/Worcester 1 1 0 0 2 Wolverhampton and Walsall 2 0 0 0 2 East Midlands and Eastern Region Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire 1 0 3 0 4 Derbyshire 3 0 0 0 3 Leicestershire and Northamptonshire 2 0 0 0 2 Lincolnshire 1 0 0 0 1 Norfolk and Suffolk 3 0 0 0 3 Nottinghamshire 1 0 0 0 1 Yorkshire and Humberside Region Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees 0 0 3 0 3 Humberside 3 0 0 0 3 North Yorkshire and Leeds 2 0 1 0 3 Sheffield and Rotherham 1 1 1 0 3 Wakefield, Doncaster and Barnsley 3 0 0 0 3 North West Region Cheshire 6 0 1 0 7 Cumbria 2 0 0 0 2 Lancashire 1 0 0 0 1 Central Manchester 2 1 1 0 4 Greater Manchester North 2 0 0 0 2 Greater Manchester East 3 0 0 0 3 Merseyside 2 0 2 1 5 Northern Region Cleveland 1 0 0 0 1
§ Mr. Nicholls[holding answer 12 December 1988]: Information on the types of organisations which have been granted training agency contracts in employment training is given in table 1.
Information on the actual training agent throughput in September and October 1988, the allocation of filled places (allocations are made on the basis of filled places not approved places, which do not exist in ET), total planned expenditure and supplementary grant allocation is given in table 2.
Information on the profiles of training agent volumes is for internal management only.
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Area Office EMP VB LA Others Total County Durham 5 0 0 0 5 Northumberland, North Tyneside and Newcastle 1 0 2 0 3 Sunderland, South Tyneside and Gateshead 2 0 3 1 6 Wales Dyfed and West Glamorgan 1 0 2 0 3 Gwent 1 0 1 0 2 Gwynned, Clwyd and Powys 1 0 3 0 4 Mid and South Glamorgan 2 0 2 0 4 Scotland Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway 1 0 2 0 3 Central and Fife 1 0 1 0 2 Glasgow City 2 1 0 0 3 Grampian and Tayside 1 0 1 0 2 Highlands and Islands 2 1 2 0 5 Lanarkshire 1 0 0 0 1 Lothian and Borders 2 0 1 0 3 Renfrew, Dunbarton and Argyll 2 1 0 0 3 Notes:
EMP—Employers including Groups of Employers and Private Training Organisations.
VB—Voluntary Bodies.
LA—Local Authorities including Local Education Authorities.
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Table 2 ET: Area allocations Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Area office Filled places allocation (March 1989) Total planned ET expenditure (September 1988 to March 1989) (£ million) Supplementary grant allocation (included in column 2)(£ million) Actual training agent throughput (September 1988 to October 1988) South East Region Berkshire and Oxfordshire 1,833 1.605 0.618 1,007 Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire 2,553 2.040 0.764 829 Essex 3,595 3.059 1.358 750 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 3,221 2.334 0.721 898 Kent 3,791 2.679 1.098 1,186 Surrey 1,155 0.861 0.449 343 Sussex 3,020 1.963 0.927 940 London Region Inner London North 7,316 5.900 2.300 1,804 Inner London South 4,745 4.400 2.000 1,143 London East 2,890 3.400 1.500 1,528 London North 4,141 3.600 1.800 1,589 London South 1,729 1.400 0.700 600 London West 1,467 1.200 0.600 755 South West Region Avon 3,873 3.217 1.386 599 Devon and Cornwall 7,090 6.565 2.867 1,357 Dorset and Somerset 2,983 2.524 1.172 896 Gloucester and Wiltshire 2,927 2.591 1.137 903 West Midlands Region Birmingham and Solihull 10,797 8.700 4.100 1,925 Coventry and Warwickshire 4,653 3.900 1.600 980 Dudley and Sandwell 4,936 3.900 1.300 1,587 Staffordshire 4,939 4.100 1.800 1,285 The Marches, Hereford/Worcester 4,195 3.600 1.500 981 Wolverhampton and Walsall 5,410 4.300 2.000 1,829 East Midlands and Eastern Region Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire 2,055 1.809 0.769 986 Derbyshire 4,401 3.175 1.400 1,446 Leicestershire and Northamptonshire 4,408 3.854 1.585 1,106 Lincolnshire 2,032 1.649 0.700 443 Norfolk and Suffolk 4,125 3.630 1.462 1,211 Nottinghamshire 5,453 4.988 1.784 1,511 Yorkshire and Humberside Region Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees 6,300 6.018 2.300 1,702 Humberside 5,787 5.281 2.210 1,679
Area office Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Filled places allocation (March 1989) Total planned ET expenditure (September 1988 to March 1989) (£ million) Supplementary grant allocation (included in column 2) (£ million) Actual training agent throughput (September 1988 to October 1988) North Yorkshire and Leeds 6,655 5.911 2.777 1,447 Sheffield and Rotherham 8,118 7.340 2.856 2,465 Wakefield, Doncaster and Barnsley 6,882 6.103 2.749 2,015 North West Region Cheshire 5,048 3.571 1.412 1,635 Cumbria 2,170 1.943 0.879 547 Lancashire 7,179 6.172 2.456 1,987 Central Manchester 9,257 7.035 2.954 1,282 Greater Manchester North 6,480 5.901 2.575 1,094 Greater Manchester East 3,901 3.467 1.350 1,388 Merseyside 16,551 15.853 7.086 2,016 Northern Region Cleveland 9,583 8.647 3.614 1,220 County Durham 7,120 6.744 3.028 1,708 Northumberland, North Tyneside and Newcastle 7,511 7.080 3.133 1,771 Sunderland, South Tyneside and Gateshead 9,856 8.937 3.835 2,845 Wales Dyfed and West Glamorgan 6,329 5.514 2.618 1,283 Gwent 3,902 3.775 1.834 616 Gwynned, Clwyd and Powys 5,426 4.899 2.455 767 Mid and South Glamorgan 8,202 6.737 3.505 1,761 Scotland Ayrshire, Dumfries & Galloway 4,664 4.568 1.802 1,256 Central and Fife 4,856 4.285 1.965 1,007 Glasgow City 9,854 8.455 3.586 1,786 Grampian and Tayside 4,397 3.519 1.583 1,754 Highlands and Islands 1,700 1.291 0.542 365 Lanarkshire 4,730 3.964 1.790 950 Lothian and Borders 5,258 4.563 1.912 1,370 Renfrew, Dunbarton and Argyll 6,014 4.921 2.256 736
§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what criteria have been used by the Department of Employment Training Agency area offices to assess bids for approved training agents and approved training managers' contracts; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Nicholls[holding answer 12 December 1988]: Contracts for training agents and training managers were negotiated on the basis of written proposals submitted to Training Agency area offices. The Training Agency considered the quality of the training offered; the ways in which the proposed training related to the needs of the local labour market; the previous experience and financial viability of the organisations concerned; and the cost-effective use of the available resources. Contracts were awarded on the basis that every organisation would have to meet the criteria for approved status by March 1990. My right hon. Friend is satisfied that the right criteria were used.
§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the profiles of the number of expected starts, excluding conversion from other programmes, on employment training for the months of September, October and November for each Department of Employment Training Agency area.
§ Mr. Nicholls[holding answer 12 December 1988]: Profiles of starts with training managers are for internal management purposes only.
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§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many bids had been(a) received for ATA and ATM contracts, (b) accepted and (c) refused for each Department of Employment Training Agency area, at the most recent available date.
§ Mr. Nicholls[holding answer 12 December 1988]: The information requested is given in the following table:
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Bids for training agent and training manager contracts (up to and including 31 October 1988) Training agent Training manager Area office Number of bids received Number of bids accepted Number of bids received Number of bids accepted South East Region Berkshire and Oxfordshire 11 4 20 9 Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire 10 4 29 12 Essex 10 4 40 15 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 15 5 36 11 Kent 7 3 32 10 Surrey 4 1 24 7 Sussex 12 4 32 2 London Region Inner London North 20 6 65 38 Inner London South 6 3 28 21 London East 7 3 35 17 London North 11 5 22 13 London South 6 2 27 12 334W
Training agent Training manager Area office Number of bids received Number of bids accepted Number of bids received Number of bids accepted London West 9 4 33 9 South West Region Avon 6 1 45 25 Devon and Cornwall 7 3 53 21 Dorset and Somerset 5 2 60 13 Gloucester and Wiltshire 2 2 32 11 West Midlands Region Birmingham and Solihull 20 3 72 13 Coventry and Warwickshire 11 2 58 9 Dudley and Sandwell 9 2 48 19 Staffordshire 9 4 47 17 The Marches, Hereford and Worcester 16 2 71 14 Wolverhampton and Walsall 5 2 39 18 East Midlands and Eastern Region Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire 15 4 31 13 Derbyshire 10 3 43 22 Leicestershire and Northamptonshire 12 2 50 21 Lincolnshire 6 1 25 10 Norfolk and Suffolk 10 3 26 15 Nottinghamshire 6 1 56 23 Yorkshire and Humberside Region Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees 8 3 50 18 Humberside 5 3 56 38 North Yorkshire and Leeds 13 3 62 29 Sheffield and Rotherham 8 3 61 24 Wakefield, Doncaster and Barnsley 14 3 60 24 North West Region Cheshire 13 7 49 25 Cumbria 7 2 26 11 Lancashire 2 1 51 33 Central Manchester 12 4 62 36 Greater Manchester North 7 3 47 21 Greater Manchester East 14 3 38 16 Merseyside 13 5 92 54 Northern Region Cleveland 9 1 64 43 County Durham 8 5 45 26 Northumberland, North Tyneside and Newcastle 12 3 61 40 Sunderland, South Tyneside and Gateshead 6 6 56 42 Wales Dyfed and West Glamorgan 14 3 67 45 Gwent 5 2 48 25 Gwynned, Clwyd and Powys 9 4 91 24
Training agent Training manager Area office Number of bids received Number of bids accepted Number of bids received Number of bids accepted Mid and South Glamorgan 12 4 76 40 Scotland Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway 9 3 36 17 Central and Fife 9 2 48 19 Glasgow City 7 3 64 40 Grampian and Tayside 7 2 35 27 Highlands and Islands 11 5 27 17 Lanarkshire 5 1 40 29 Lothian and Borders 8 3 38 26 Refrew, Dunbarton and Argyll 13 3 33 18