§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide(a) details of the destinations of all the employment training trainees who were on the Council for Social Aid scheme in Greater Manchester at the time of the scheme's closure in May of the current year and (b) give the numbers of those who were unable, or refused to join another scheme.
§ Mr. NichollsThe table lists the latest known destinations of the trainees who were on the Council for Social Aid's scheme at the time of the closure.
Number Transferred to other Training Managers 818 Known to have found permanent employment through Employment Training 23 Not known 170 All trainees were offered a place with another training manager.
§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide details of the additional cost incurred by the Training Agency to date as a result of the closure of the Council for Social Aid's employment training scheme in Greater Manchester.
§ Mr. NichollsAdditional costs of £12,270 have been incurred in payment of start fees to the training managers who took over the training of Council for Social Aid's former trainees.
§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what information he has about the present employment of the staff formerly employed on the Council for Social Aid scheme in Greater Manchester.
§ Mr. NichollsI have no information on the present employed/unemployed status of the former employees of the Council for Social Aid.