Employment Training (Hansard, 10 March 1989)

§ Mr. Leighton
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the current number of trainees on employment training; and how many are on placements with employers.

§ Mr. Nicholls
The number of people on employment training at 17 February 1989 was 151,000. This is a tremendous achievement after less than six months of the programme's operation. It is estimated that some 30,000 of these trainees were on placements with employers.

§ Mr. Frank Field
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total size of the ET budget; if this sum has changed since(a) the announcement and (b) incursion of the scheme; and if he will give his reasons for any changes.

§ Mr. Nicholls
(holding answer 23 February 19891For the period September 1988 to March 1989, the funding available for employment training (ET), excluding administration costs, was originally £491.3 million. This was revised in winter 1988 and spring 1989 supplementary estimates and is now £493.6 million.
The total size of the ET budget as shown in the Government's expenditure plan for 1989–90 to 1991–92, published in January 1989 (Cm 607) was £1.4 billion (including administration costs) for some 560,000 places.
This figure differs from the figures of just under £1.5 billion for some 600,000 places as published in the White Paper "Training for Employment" (Cm 316). The reduction in resources reflects the very welcome fall of 387,000 to January 1989 in the number of people unemployed for over six months.

§ Mr. Leighton
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what proportions of notified vacancies are in(a) catering and hotels, (b) retail and (c) are part-time.

§ Mr. Lee
Following is the latest available information which is also in the Library. A total of 14.3 per cent. of unfilled vacancies at job centres in Great Britain in November 1988 were in the catering and hotels industry and a further 19.5 per cent. were in retail and distribution. In December 1988 a total of 27.6 per cent. of unfilled vacancies at job centres were for part-time posts.

§ Ms. Short
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many and which large companies have agreed to become employment training managers; how many places they have each been allocated; and how many of those places have been filled at the latest possible date.

§ Mr. Nicholls
Information is not available in the precise form requested because there is no standard definition of a large company. The table shows the position for those companies already operating as employment training managers with an allocation of 100 or more training places. In addition to these, there are several hundred other firms providing places for employment training trainees.
As the programme builds up to its target of 560,000 trainees in a full year, it is planned that an increasing range of employer-based training opportunities should be provided.
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Company Maximum Number of places allocated Places filled at 31 December 1988

J. Jarvis & Sons 2,926 945

J. Laing Construction 2,338 805

Henry Boot Construction 950 110

Invicta Training (Grand Metropolitan Catering) 875 455

Martin James 735 337

Geo. Wimpey 666 73

Mowlem 405 46

Comet PLC 354 5

Pilkington 300 237

Ferranti 250 120

Mill Garages Ltd. 180 64

Tower Radio Ltd. 250 86

Portals Engineering Ltd. 250 199

Marley Extrusions Ltd. 200 Nil

Ryder Ltd. 150 108

Team Greyfriars Ltd. 150 150

John Lawrence Group 150 22

ICI 150 43

Sumlock Business Services 150 7

R & D Associates 158 158

Simon Engineering 110 67

Coastline Ltd. 100 35

Strategic Marketing International Ltd. 100 80

§ Mr. Meacher
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list all the local authorities who(a) are participating in the employment training scheme, and in each case how many places they have available and how many have been filled, (b) have refused to participate and (c) originally agreed to participate but have since dropped out; and in each case which is the controlling political party.

§ Mr. Nicholls
The local authorities participating in employment training as training managers are listed in table 1 and those participating as training agents are listed in table 2. Table 1 includes an indication of the number of contracted places, but information on those filled is not available. The tables have been drawn from information. collected in the last quarter of 1988 and do not include many other local authorities involved in employment training as members of consortia or as sub-constractors to training managers.
Information on controlling political parties and on local authorities that have refused to participate or have dropped out of employment training is not available.

Table 1

Local authorities participating in employment training as training managers

County councils in England Code for number of places available¹

Avon 3

Bedfordshire 2

Berkshire 3

Cambridgeshire 2

Cheshire 3

Clevaland² 4

2

Cornwall 3

Cumbria² 3

2

Devon 3

Dorset 3

Durham 1

East Sussex 3

Essex² 3

3

Gloucestershire² 3

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County councils in England Code for number of places available¹

2

Hampshire 3

Isle of Wight 3

Kent 3

Lancashire 2

Leicestershire 4

Lincolnshire 3

Northamptonshire 1

Northumberland 3

North Yorkshire 3

Shropshire 3

Somerset 3

Staffordshire² 4

1

Suffolk 2

Warwickshire² 3

3

West Sussex 3

Wiltshire 3

London boroughs

Barnet 3

Brent 2

Enfield 4

Hammersmith and Fulham 3

Hounslow 3

Kingston-upon-Thames (Royal) 2

Merton 2

Redbridge 1

Metropolitan district councils in England

Barnsley 3

Birmingham city 6

Bradford city 5

Coventry city 4

Doncaster 4

Dudley 4

Gateshead 4

Halton 2

Kirklees 3

Leeds city 5

Newcastle-upon-Tyne 5

Oldham 4

Rochdale 5

Rotherham 3

St. Helens 1

Salford city 1

Sefton 3

Solihull² 3

4

South Tyneside 2

Stockport 3

Sunderland 3

2

Tameside 3

Trafford 3

Wigan 5

Wolverhampton 4

District councils in England

Allerdale 3

Alnwick 1

Ashfield 2

Bath city 2

Barrow-in-Furness 3

Beverley² 1

1

Boothferry 2

Brentwood 1

Burnley 2

Cannock Chase 2

Castle Morpeth 2

Charnwood 2

Chester-le-Street 2

Chorley 3

Corby 2

Derby City 2

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County councils in England Code for number of places available¹

Easington 2

East Hertfordshire 2

East Lindsey 3

East Yorkshire 2

Epsom and Ewell 2

Glanford 3

Great Grimsby 4

Guildford 2

Halton 2

Harrogate 2

Hartlepool 4

Hastings 2

Hereford 3

High Peak 2

Ipswich 2

Kettering 2

Kingston upon Hull² 4

3

Lancaster City 3

Leicester City 2

Lichfield 1

Macclesfield 2

Mansfield 3

Newark and Sherwood² 2

2

Plymouth City 4

Portsmouth City 3

Preston 3

Scarborough 2

Scunthorpe 3

Sedgefield² 2

2

South Lakeland 2

Southampton 2

Vale of White Horse 1

Wear Valley 3

West Lancashire 2

West Lindsey 2

West Oxfordshire 2

Weymouth and Portland 2

County councils in Wales

Clwyd² 3

3

2

1

Dyfed 3

Gwent² 3

2

Gwynedd 3

Mid Glamorgan 3

Powys 2

West Glamorgan² 4

2

2

1

District councils in Wales

Blaenau Gwent 3

Cardiff City 4

Carmarthen² 1

1

Ceredigion² 2

1

1

Cynon Valley 4

Dinefwr 2

Islwyn 2

Llanelli 3

Lliw Valley 2

Monmouth 2

Neath 1

Newport 3

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County councils in England Code for number of places available¹

Port Talbol 2

Preseli² 1

1

Rhondda 2

South Pembrokeshire² 1

1

Swansea City 2

Taff-Ely 2

Torfaen 3

Vale of Glamorgan 2

Wrexham Maelor 1

Ynys MÔn 1

Scotland

Regions

Borders 2

Dumfries and Galloway 4

Fife 3

Grampian 3

Highland 3

Lothian 4

Islands

Orkney 1

Districts

Angus 2

Argyll and Bute 2

Caithness 2

Clydesdale 2

Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 2

Cumnock and Doun Valley 3

Dunfermline 2

East Kilbride 3

Hamilton 3

Kirkcaldy 3

Lochaber 1

Midlothian 2

Moray 2

North East Fife 1

Ross and Cromarty 2

Wigtown 3

1 The code number for the number of places available relates to the following key:

Code Number of places available

1 1–100

2 101–250

3 251–500

4 501–1,000

5 1,001–2,000

6 2,001 +

² This indicates that the local authority has more than one contract to operate as a Training Manager for Employment Training. An indication of the number of contracted places available is given.

Table 2
Local authorities participating in employment training as training agents
ENGLAND
County Councils

Avon

Bedfordshire

Cheshire

Cornwall

Devon

Dorset

Gloucester

Hertfordshire

Isle of Wight

Kent
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Northumberland

North Yorkshire

Shropshire

Somerset

Surrey

West Sussex

Wiltshire

London Boroughs

Enfield

Harrow

Hillingdon

Hounslow

Kingston upon Thames (Royal)

Metropolitan District Councils

Birmingham City

Bradford

Calderdale

Gateshead

Kirklees

Leeds City

Newcastle

Solihull

South Tyneside

Sunderland

Trafford

District Councils

Cambridge

Peterborough

Portsmouth

Southampton

WALES
County Councils

Clwyd

Dyfed

Gwent

Gwynedd

Mid Glamorgan

Powys

South Glamorgan

West Glamorgan

SCOTLAND
Regions

Borders

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Islands

Orkney

Districts

Wigtown

Caithness

Company	Maximum Number of places allocated	Places filled at 31 December 1988
J. Jarvis & Sons	2,926	945
J. Laing Construction	2,338	805
Henry Boot Construction	950	110
Invicta Training (Grand Metropolitan Catering)	875	455
Martin James	735	337
Geo. Wimpey	666	73
Mowlem	405	46
Comet PLC	354	5
Pilkington	300	237
Ferranti	250	120
Mill Garages Ltd.	180	64
Tower Radio Ltd.	250	86
Portals Engineering Ltd.	250	199
Marley Extrusions Ltd.	200	Nil
Ryder Ltd.	150	108
Team Greyfriars Ltd.	150	150
John Lawrence Group	150	22
ICI	150	43
Sumlock Business Services	150	7
R & D Associates	158	158
Simon Engineering	110	67
Coastline Ltd.	100	35
Strategic Marketing International Ltd.	100	80

Table 1
Local authorities participating in employment training as training managers
County councils in England	Code for number of places available¹
Avon	3
Bedfordshire	2
Berkshire	3
Cambridgeshire	2
Cheshire	3
Clevaland²	4
	2
Cornwall	3
Cumbria²	3
	2
Devon	3
Dorset	3
Durham	1
East Sussex	3
Essex²	3
	3
Gloucestershire²	3

County councils in England	Code for number of places available¹
	2
Hampshire	3
Isle of Wight	3
Kent	3
Lancashire	2
Leicestershire	4
Lincolnshire	3
Northamptonshire	1
Northumberland	3
North Yorkshire	3
Shropshire	3
Somerset	3
Staffordshire²	4
	1
Suffolk	2
Warwickshire²	3
	3
West Sussex	3
Wiltshire	3
London boroughs
Barnet	3
Brent	2
Enfield	4
Hammersmith and Fulham	3
Hounslow	3
Kingston-upon-Thames (Royal)	2
Merton	2
Redbridge	1
Metropolitan district councils in England
Barnsley	3
Birmingham city	6
Bradford city	5
Coventry city	4
Doncaster	4
Dudley	4
Gateshead	4
Halton	2
Kirklees	3
Leeds city	5
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	5
Oldham	4
Rochdale	5
Rotherham	3
St. Helens	1
Salford city	1
Sefton	3
Solihull²	3
	4
South Tyneside	2
Stockport	3
Sunderland	3
	2
Tameside	3
Trafford	3
Wigan	5
Wolverhampton	4
District councils in England
Allerdale	3
Alnwick	1
Ashfield	2
Bath city	2
Barrow-in-Furness	3
Beverley²	1
	1
Boothferry	2
Brentwood	1
Burnley	2
Cannock Chase	2
Castle Morpeth	2
Charnwood	2
Chester-le-Street	2
Chorley	3
Corby	2
Derby City	2

County councils in England	Code for number of places available¹
Easington	2
East Hertfordshire	2
East Lindsey	3
East Yorkshire	2
Epsom and Ewell	2
Glanford	3
Great Grimsby	4
Guildford	2
Halton	2
Harrogate	2
Hartlepool	4
Hastings	2
Hereford	3
High Peak	2
Ipswich	2
Kettering	2
Kingston upon Hull²	4
	3
Lancaster City	3
Leicester City	2
Lichfield	1
Macclesfield	2
Mansfield	3
Newark and Sherwood²	2
	2
Plymouth City	4
Portsmouth City	3
Preston	3
Scarborough	2
Scunthorpe	3
Sedgefield²	2
	2
South Lakeland	2
Southampton	2
Vale of White Horse	1
Wear Valley	3
West Lancashire	2
West Lindsey	2
West Oxfordshire	2
Weymouth and Portland	2
County councils in Wales
Clwyd²	3
	3
	2
	1
Dyfed	3
Gwent²	3
	2
Gwynedd	3
Mid Glamorgan	3
Powys	2
West Glamorgan²	4
	2
	2
	1
District councils in Wales
Blaenau Gwent	3
Cardiff City	4
Carmarthen²	1
	1
Ceredigion²	2
	1
	1
Cynon Valley	4
Dinefwr	2
Islwyn	2
Llanelli	3
Lliw Valley	2
Monmouth	2
Neath	1
Newport	3

County councils in England	Code for number of places available¹
Port Talbol	2
Preseli²	1
	1
Rhondda	2
South Pembrokeshire²	1
	1
Swansea City	2
Taff-Ely	2
Torfaen	3
Vale of Glamorgan	2
Wrexham Maelor	1
Ynys MÔn	1
Scotland
Regions
Borders	2
Dumfries and Galloway	4
Fife	3
Grampian	3
Highland	3
Lothian	4
Islands
Orkney	1
Districts
Angus	2
Argyll and Bute	2
Caithness	2
Clydesdale	2
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	2
Cumnock and Doun Valley	3
Dunfermline	2
East Kilbride	3
Hamilton	3
Kirkcaldy	3
Lochaber	1
Midlothian	2
Moray	2
North East Fife	1
Ross and Cromarty	2
Wigtown	3
1 The code number for the number of places available relates to the following key:

Code	Number of places available
1	1–100
2	101–250
3	251–500
4	501–1,000
5	1,001–2,000
6	2,001 +
² This indicates that the local authority has more than one contract to operate as a Training Manager for Employment Training. An indication of the number of contracted places available is given.