HC Deb 08 December 1989 vol 163 c427W
Ms. Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what training schemes were referred to in the published decisions of the adjudication officers in the period between April and June 1989 that 300 claims for unemployment benefit were disallowed because of refusal or premature termination of training.

Mr. Eggar

A person can be disqualified from receiving unemployment benefit only in cases of refusal or premature termination of training, if it is a training scheme approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 20(1)8(e)-(g) of the 1975 Social Security Act.

The only training scheme approved by the Secretary of State is the youth training scheme.

Mr. Cummings

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many employment trainees have secured permanent employment in the Seaham and Peterlee areas following completion of their training.

Mr. Nicholls

Information about the destinations of people leaving employment training in the Seaham and Peterlee areas is not available.

Mr. Cummings

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many employment trainees there are in the Seaham and Peterlee areas.

Mr. Nicholls

On 1 December 1989, the latest date for which information is available, there were 705 trainees on employment training in Seaham and Peterlee.

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