HC Deb 01 February 1989 vol 146 c256W
Mr. Leighton

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have dropped out of employment training.

Mr. Nicholls

By the end of November 1988, the latest date for which information is available, 23,100 people had left the programme earlier than planned. Many of these people were transferees from previous programmes and so had received the benefit of a longer period of training and practical experience.