Employment Training (Hansard, 15 March 1989)

§ Mr. Bill Michie
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Ealing, North (Mr. Greenway) dated 17 January,Official Report, column 172, information on the numbers in employment training schemes in inner city areas has yet been made available.

§ Mr. Nicholls
The number of people on employment training at 3 March was 164,000; of these, 42 per cent. or about 70,000 were in training in inner city areas.

§ Mrs. Fyfe
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what his Department treats as a reasonable amount for trainees on an ET scheme to spend on weekly travel from their home to their place of training.

§ Mr. Nicholls
[holding answer 10 March 1989]: ET trainees are expected to meet the first £5 of their weekly travel costs. Costs in excess of £5 a week are reimbursed in full.