§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the revised numbers of approved places allocated under employment training; what are the area budgets for the programme; and what are the allocations of supplementary grant, for each training agency area.
§ Mr. NichollsUp to 265,000 employment training places have been allocated for 1989–90. Detailed area plans have yet to be finalised.
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the total number of employment training places occupied, by sex, in each of the standard regions and Wales at the latest date for which the information is available.
§ Mr. Nicholls[holding answer 19 May 1989: Information about the numbers of men and women on employment training is not available separately. The number of those entering the programme and the proportions of men and women are given in the table.
Employment training entrants Region Entrants to 12 May Men1 Per cent. Women1 Per cent. South East 17,200 65 35 London 26,400 59 41 South West 16,200 68 32 West Midlands 33,200 69 31 East Midlands and Eastern 23,400 72 28 Yorkshire and Humberside 41,200 74 26 North West 44,900 72 28 Northern 30,500 75 25 Wales 21,800 71 29 1 Proportions of men and women for period September—end March.