HC Deb 28 November 1988 vol 142 cc113-4W
Mr. Frank Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will estimate the number and

the actual and percentage change in unemployment from August 1983 to August 1988 for each parliamentary constituency in Lancashire and Cumbria, together with the corresponding levels of unemployment. The figures are affected by the change in the compilation of the count in March 1986 to reduce over-recording.

proportion of trainees who are expected to gain work placements by the end of the first year of employment training.

Mr. Nicholls

[holding answer 25 October 1988]: Plans are for up to 60,000 trainees to join employment training (ET) in the first full year of the programme. All trainees should be offered a mix of directed training and practical training either on a project or on a placement with an employer as required by their individual action plans. The aim is for all ET trainees to benefit from training in a normal working environment.

Mr. Frank Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest data on the number of people on employment training who have started work placement.

Mr. Nicholls

[holding answer 25 November 1988]: Information on the number of people on employment training who have started on placements with employers is not available at present but should be available in January.