HC Deb 19 July 1989 vol 157 cc233-6W
Ms. Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, for each of the Training Agency's areas within Greater London, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Glasgow, Sheffield, Birmingham and Solihull, Coventry and Warwickshire, what are the monthly statistics for the latest available three months for employment training showing(a) the number of referrals to ET from restart interviews, (b) the number of ET action plans completed, (c) the number of starts with ET training managers, (d) the number of ET filled places and (e) the number of unfilled ET places.

Mr. Nicholls

The information is not available in the precise form requested. Restart referrals are available only for employment service areas and are given in table 1. The figures for action plans, starts at training managers and filled places are given in tables 2, 3 and 4. Information about unfilled places is available only for May and these figures are given in table 5.

Table 1. Employment service restart referrals to ET training agents February to April 1989
Employment service area February March April
Inner London South 598 494 435
Inner London Central 782 595 550
Inner London West 630 295 444
Inner London East 646 694 491
London South East 370 303 326
London South West 298 273 167
London North West 516 428 368
London West 345 667 314
London South 377 349 386
London East 464 444 458
London North 604 490 422
Merseyside North 713 660 599
Merseyside South 953 1,033 723
Liverpool Central and Wirral 600 591 343
Manchester City1 562 726
Manchester North East1 285 316
Manchester North West1 510 455
Manchester South1 358 392
Manchester West1 352 444
Manchester Central1 758
Manchester East1 505
Manchester West1 610
Glasgow North 1,392 1,466 895
Glasgow South 833 805 538
Sheffield 870 742 769
Birmingham and Solihull 1,808 1,776 1,267
Coventry and Warwickshire 656 735 487
1 Employment service areas re-organised from 1 April 1989.

Table 2.Employment training Action plans completed by training agents March-May 1989
Training agency area March April May
London North 1,000 820 730
London West 630 380 370
London East 1,090 730 740
London South 540 420 410
Inner London North 2,090 1,630 1,600
Inner London South 740 500 420
Merseyside 2,220 2,060 1,670
Manchester East 910 710 640
Manchester Central 840 830 640
Manchester North 890 810 690
Glasgow 1,920 1,430 1,190
Sheffield 1,040 940 990
Birmingham and Solihull 1,600 1,470 1,180
Coventry and Warwickshire 830 660 520

Table 3. Employment training Starts with training managers March-May 1989
Training agency area March April May
London North 850 570 580
London West 280 180 190
London East 490 380 340
London South 300 360 220
Inner London North 1,120 930 770
Inner London South 760 680 460
Merseyside 2,030 1,860 1,640
Manchester East 800 660 550
Manchester Central 870 920 770
Manchester North 720 620 520
Glasgow 1,310 970 800
Sheffield 1,340 1,140 820
Birmingham and Solihull 1,580 1,440 960
Coventry and Warwickshire 570 560 410

Table 4. Employment Training Filled places March-May 1989
Training agency area March April May
London North 3,280 3,320 3,560
London West 1,180 1,210 1,180
London East 2,010 2,160 2,200
London South 1,440 1,630 1,610
Inner London North 5,580 5,680 5,790
Inner London South 3,020 3,360 3,350
Merseyside 7,680 8,170 8,700
Manchester East 2,400 2,550 2,630
Manchester Central 3,940 4,170 4,190
Manchester North 2,550 2,660 2,620
Glasgow 4,130 4,410 4,510
Sheffield 5,370 5,550 5,490
Birmingham and Solihull 6,700 7,350 7,350
Coventry and Warwickshire 2,330 2,600 2,660

Table 5. Employment Training Unfilled places May 1989
Training agency area May
London North 160
London West 360
London East 280
London South 280
Inner London North 740
Inner London South 850

Training agency area May
Merseyside 4,670
Manchester East 610
Manchester Central 5,030
Manchester North 2,170
Glasgow 2,110
Sheffield 740
Birmingham and Solihull 2,140
Coventry and Warwickshire 1,220

Ms. Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment for Great Britain and each standard training agency region, what are the monthly statistics for the latest available three months for employment training showing(a) the number of referrals to ET from restart interviews, (b) the number of ET action plans completed, (c) the number of starts with ET training managers, (d) the number of ET filled places and (e) the number of unfilled ET places.

Mr. Nicholls

The information is not available in the precise form requested. Restart referrals are available only for employment service regions and are given in table 1. The figures for action plans, starts at training managers and filled places are given in tables 2, 3 and 4. Information about unfilled places is available only for May and these figures are given in table 5.

Table 1. Employment Service Restart referrals to ET training agents February to April 1989
Employment Service Region February March April
London and South East 8,300 7,600 7,600
South West 1,600 1,600 1,200
West Midlands 5,000 5,200 4,000
East Midlands and Eastern 3,000 2,800 2,900
Yorkshire and Humberside 4,100 4,100 3,800
North West 5,700 5,900 4,800
Northern 3,400 3,300 3,300
Wales 2,800 2,800 2,400
Scotland 7,100 7,600 4,800
Great Britain 41,000 41,000 33,800

Table 2. Employment Training Action plans completed by training agents March to May 1989
Training Agency Region March April May
South East 4,300 3,600 3,000
London 6,100 4,500 4,300
South West 2,800 2,300 2,000
West Midlands 5,900 4,900 8,900
East Midlands and Eastern 4,000 3,600 3,000
Yorkshire and Humberside 5,600 5,100 5,000
North West 7,200 6,400 5,300
Northern 5,300 4,600 4,300
Wales 3,400 2,800 2,800
Scotland 7,800 5,700 5,300
Great Britain 52,300 43,700 38,900

Table 3. Employment Training Starts at Training Managers March to May 1989
Training Agency Region March April May
South East 2,100 2,300 1,600
London 3,800 3,100 2,600
South West 2,300 2,000 1,700
West Midlands 4,900 4,100 3,200
East Midlands and Eastern 3,200 3,100 2,400
Yorkshire and Humberside 5,400 4,900 4,100

Training Agency Region March April May
North West 6,500 5,800 4,800
Northern 4,700 3,800 3,300
Wales 3,200 2,900 2,300
Scotland 6,000 4,400 4,000
Great Britain 42,200 36,300 30,000

Table 4. Employment Training Numbers in Training (Filled Places)
Training Agency Region March April May
South East 9,900 10,200 10,700
London 16,500 17,400 17,700
South West 10,900 11,300 11,500
West Midlands 20,600 22,100 22,400
East Midlands and Eastern 14,000 14,900 15,300
Yorkshire and Humberside 23,900 24,600 24,900
North West 24,800 25,900 26,400
Northern 20,000 21,100 21,800
Wales 13,400 14,200 14,500
Scotland 20,900 22,000 22,300
Great Britain 175,000 184,000 187,000

Table 5. Employment Training Unfilled Places May 1989
Training Agency Region May
South East 5,900
London 2,600
South West 3,000
West Midlands 7,600
East Midlands and Eastern 3,600
Yorkshire and Humberside 4,300
North West 15,800
Northern 6,700
Wales 5,800
Scotland 12,600
Great Britain 68,000