Employment Training (Hansard, 2 November 1989)

§ Ms. Short
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what were the number of accidents on employment training, fatal, major and minor, for each month since the start of the scheme to the latest available date; and in that same period how many employer-based work placements and how many project-based work placements have either been rejected or closed on health and safety grounds.

§ Mr. Nicholls
Employment training accident figures are collected quarterly the same as for YTS. Table A gives the accident figures.

Table A

Accidents¹

Fatal Major² Minor

5 September to 31 December 1988 Nil 24 91

1 January to 31 March 1989 Nil 31 161

1 April to 30 June 1989 Nil 53 276

1 July to 30 September Nil 52 286

Separate figures for closures and rejections for employer-based and project-based work placements are not kept. However table B gives the figures of closures and rejections on health and safety grounds from 5 September 1988 to the present date. These figures are provisional.

Table B

Closed Rejected

15 Nil

¹ Training Agency figures have been compiled on a similar basis to those prepared by the Health and Safety Executive on employed persons. However, the Training Agency's figures will include a number of accidents to trainees in educational establishments and road traffic accidents which may not have been reportable to the Health and Safety Executive had the individuals been employed.

² Major injuries are classified according to the severity criteria laid down in the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985.

§ Mr. Meacher
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what information he has on the number and proportion of employment training leavers who have obtained a recognised qualification on their course and on the nature of the qualifications gained.

§ Mr. Nicholls
I have nothing to add to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Oldham, West (Mr. Meacher) on 7 July,Official Report, column 318.

Table A
	Accidents¹
	Fatal	Major²	Minor
5 September to 31 December 1988	Nil	24	91
1 January to 31 March 1989	Nil	31	161
1 April to 30 June 1989	Nil	53	276
1 July to 30 September	Nil	52	286

Table B
Closed	Rejected
15	Nil
¹ Training Agency figures have been compiled on a similar basis to those prepared by the Health and Safety Executive on employed persons. However, the Training Agency's figures will include a number of accidents to trainees in educational establishments and road traffic accidents which may not have been reportable to the Health and Safety Executive had the individuals been employed.
² Major injuries are classified according to the severity criteria laid down in the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985.