§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment, for each of the Manpower Services Commission's areas in Greater London, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, the Birmingham and Solihull Manpower Services Commission area and for Great Britain as a whole, what are the most recent monthly statistics for new JTS showing(a) entrants in the latest available period, and the number of cumulative entrants since the scheme started, (b) a breakdown of entrants which shows how many were male and female, the length of time they had been out of work, their ethnic backgrounds and whether or not they had any disabilities, (c) the number of trainees in the latest available period who entered work placements and the cumulative total of how many are in work places at the latest available date, and (d) trainees who left the scheme in the latest available period, and the number of cumulative leavers since the scheme started; for all those trainees who have left the scheme how many (i) found work, (ii) failed to attend, (iii) went on to another course of training or education, (iv) completed the course, (v) left for sickness or (vi) went back into unemployment; and what is the total number of currently filled places.
§ Mr. CopeAt 25 March 1988, the latest date for which figures are available, some 30,435 formerly unemployed people were participating in the new job training scheme (NJTS). The breakdown is set out in the tables. Information on the immediate destinations/reasons for leaving of trainees who have left the scheme are not completed at a Training Commission area office level, as only a minority of trainees inform managing agents of their destinations on leaving NJTS.
More reliable information about job entry rates and other trainee destinations is being gathered by independent follow-up surveys. The first such survey will provide some information on trainees who left NJTS between October 1987 and December 1987, and will be available 237W for Great Britain shortly. Response rates have varied significantly by area; consequently information at that level is unlikely to be available.
Table 1 TC—Greater London London North London East London South London West Inner London North Inner London South No. of Entrants in latest available period (March) 106 310 114 79 169 131 Cumulative Entrants since Scheme started (April-March) 1,712 1,649 1,121 1,124 1,647 2,366 Cumulative (a) Male 1,138 974 704 624 662 1,627 (b)Female 574 506 354 421 985 712 (c) Length of time out of work (1) 6–12 months 809 668 486 478 810 989 (2) Over 12 months 412 331 266 280 485 606 (3) Over 24 months 491 481 306 287 352 744 (d) Declared Ethnic Background (1) White 787 784 641 464 786 939 (2) Black-African Caribbean descent 470 265 188 201 510 798 (3) Indian Sub-Continent descent 198 257 83 187 118 125 (4) None of those 185 129 102 128 141 264 (5) Not declared 72 45 44 65 92 213 (e) Declared disability 21 81 43 20 36 86 Entered first practical experience placements in March 28 35 20 26 60 49 In practical experience (not cumulative total) placements at latest date (end March) 223 190 123 103 527 523 Cumulative leavers 1,306 1,009 730 917 1,077 1,573 March leavers—non cumulative 114 75 44 76 146 158 Footnotes: 1. Due to difficulties in data collection some of the information given above is incomplete. 2. In the main, new job training scheme trainees undertake individually designed packages of training and practical experience, flexible in nature and of varying length. The scheme does not offer courses as such and trainees may and do leave at any time to pursue other opportunities.
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Table 2 TC—Merseyside and Manchester Manchester Central Manchester East Manchester North Merseyside No. of entrants in latest available period (March) 358 212 203 261 Cumulative entrants since scheme started (April-March) 3,104 1,773 1,737 2,964 Cumulative (a) Male 2,438 1,427 1,358 2,162 (b) Female 665 346 179 902 (c) Length of time out of work (1) 6–12 months 1,173 729 687 987 (2) Over 12 months 713 437 409 715 (3) Over 24 months 1,193 607 639 1,247 (d) Declared ethnic background (1) White 2,279 1,475 1,386 2,539 (2) Black/African Caribbean descent 209 37 22 23 (3) Indian sub-continent descent 104 66 72 11 (4) None of those 429 167 206 301 (5) Not declared 83 28 49 41 (e) Declared disability 160 51 95 58 Entered first practical experience placements in March 120 96 99 116 In practical experience (not cumulative total) placements at latest date (end March) 546 325 368 527 Cumulative leavers 2,159 1,295 1,203 2,173 March Leavers—non cumulative 272 184 130 227 The survey will be repeated quarterly and the information base will become fuller, and therefore more reliable at area level, over time.
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1. Due to difficulties in data collection some of the information given above is incomplete.
2. In the main, new job training scheme trainees undertake individually designed packages of training and practical experience, flexible in nature and of varying length. The scheme does not offer courses as such and trainees may and do leave at any time to pursue other opportunities.
Table 3 TC—Birmingham, Solihull and Great Britain Birmingham and Solihull Great Britain No of entrants in latest available period (March) 264 10,806 Cumulative entrants since scheme started (April—March) 3,044 100,107 Cumulative (a)Male 2,164 70,059 (b)Female 880 23,690 (c)Length of time out of work (1) 6 to 12 months 1,147 40,680 (2) Over 12 months 706 22,001 (3) Over 24 months 1,191 10,844 (d)Declared ethnic background (1) White 1,784 75,908 (2) Black-African Caribbean descent 511 4,875 (3) Indian sub-continent descent 413 3,583 (4) None of those 275 7,155 (5) Not declared 61 2,356 (e)Declared disability 50 3,567 Entered first practical experience placement in March 102 3,961 In practical experience (not cumulative total) placements at latest dale (end March) 517 18,018 Cumulative leavers 2,160 61,057 March leavers—non cumulative 245 7,664 Footnotes: 1. Due to difficulties in data collection some of the information given above is incomplete. 2. In the main, new job training scheme trainees undertake individually designed packages of training and practical experience, flexible in nature and of varying length. The scheme does not offer courses as such and trainees may and do leave at any time to pursue other opportunities.