§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give, for the latest available date(a) the number of starts on employment training, (b) how many were people with disabilities, (c) (b) as a percentage of (a), (d) total employment training starts under the special groups exemption, (e) how many, of (d), were people wth disabilities, (f) (e) as a percentage of (d), and (g) the sources of referral.
§ Mr. Patrick NichollsTo 13 October 1989, the latest date for which information is available, 468,000 people had started on employment training. An analysis of individual trainee records received relating to starts up to the end of June show that about 11 per cent. were people who stated that they had a disability or health problem which affected the type of work they could do. The same analysis shows that training agents and training managers had coded about 23 per cent. of entrants in the special eligibility exemption groups. Of these special group entrants about 16 per cent. were people who stated that they had a disability or a health problem which affected the type of work they could do. The source of referral for most people on employment training is the employment service. In addition some trainees are directly recruited by training agents and training managers.
Table 1 Employment training filled places: September 1988 to July 1989 Training agency region September October November December January February March April May June July South East 3,800 5,200 6,300 7,100 8,500 9,600 10,000 10,300 10,900 11,500 14,500 London 4,600 6,300 9,400 10,600 13,300 15,200 16,600 17,500 17,900 18,300 19,000 South West 3,000 4,300 5,700 6,900 8,400 10,000 10,900 11,400 11,600 11,800 11,800 West Midlands 5,200 7,700 10,100 12,100 15,100 18,200 20,700 22,300 22,600 22,800 23,200 East Midlands and Eastern 3,900 5,700 7,600 8,900 10,600 12,900 14,000 15,000 15,400 15,500 16,400 Yorkshire and Humberside 9,800 10,200 14,500 16,000 19,100 22,100 24,000 24,800 25,100 25,200 25,200 North West 6,700 9,900 13,400 15,500 18,500 22,500 24,900 26,000 26,600 27,600 29,000 Northern 4,400 7,100 9,700 11,900 14,500 18,000 20,100 21,200 22,000 23,000 24,400 Wales 2,400 4,400 6,000 7,400 9,300 11,900 13,400 14,200 14,600 14,800 15,800 Scotland 4,400 6,600 9,100 11,700 14,000 17,900 21,000 22,100 22,500 23,200 23,700 Great Britain 48,100 67,400 91,800 108,000 131,200 158,000 175,500 184,900 189,000 193,700 203,000
Table 2 Employment training Percentage of trainees on placements with employers and on projects on the census date December 1988—June 1989 Region December1 March June Project Employer Project Employer Project Employer per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. South East 46 31 39 31 36 31 London 43 17 48 18 42 19 South West 47 24 45 26 44 30 West Midlands 65 22 58 20 59 21 East Midlands and Eastern n.a n.a. 57 27 49 26 Yorks and Humberside 52 23 51 25 48 25 North West 58 24 49 28 54 27 Northern 66 16 53 24 53 24 Wales 56 20 45 27 43 28 Scotland 69 18 62 21 60 24 Great Britain 58 21 52 24 50 25 1 Returns include trainees on CP wages. n.a.—available because of low number of returns.
§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment for Great Britain and each standard Training Agency region, what are the latest available statistics for
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§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish up-to-date figures for Great Britain and each training agency region for each month since September 1988, the number of(a) entrants to employment training, (b) people receiving employment training allowances, (c) employment training special group starts, separately for skill shortage and labour market schemes, (d) employment training leavers and (e) employment training leavers who left before completing their action plan.
§ Mr. NichollsAs the information requested is contained in a number of tables, I will write to the hon. Member.
§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish up-to-date figures for Great Britain and each training agency region for each month since September 1988, the number of(a) filled places in employment training; (b) employment training trainees on work placements with employers and (c) employment training trainees on project-based placements.
§ Mr. NichollsThe figures requested for filled places are given in table 1. Information about the number of trainees on practical training placements with employers and on projects on any one day is collected from quarterly census returns submitted by training managers. This information is available for 30 December 1988, 31 March 1989 and 30 June 1989; these figures are given in table 2.
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Employment training characteristics of entrants (April to August 1989) (all figures are percentages, figures may not total 100 because of rounding) Unemployment duration (months) Ethnic origin11 PWD2 Region men women 0–5 6–12 13–23 24+ 1 2 3 4 5 yes no South East 61 39 35 26 10 30 91 2 3 2 2 15 85 London 58 42 18 33 14 35 50 26 11 6 6 10 90 South West 67 33 28 33 11 28 93 2 1 1 2 15 85 West Midlands 66 34 24 27 11 37 78 9 9 2 2 12 88 East Midlands and Eastern 71 29 16 36 13 35 88 4 5 1 2 14 36 Yorkshire and Humberside 72 28 27 32 12 29 89 3 5 1 2 10 90 North West 68 32 24 30 13 33 91 2 3 1 2 11 89 Northern 73 27 23 35 12 30 97 .. 1 1 1 9 91 Wales 70 30 23 36 13 28 95 1 1 1 3 11 89 Scotland 73 27 17 34 14 35 97 .. .. 1 2 10 90 Great Britain total 68 32 23 32 13 32 87 5 4 2 2 11 89 1 Ethnic origin: 1—White, 2—Black-African-Caribbean, 3—Indian-Pakistani-Bangladeshi-Sri Lankan, 4—None of these, 5—I prefer not to say. 2 PWD—People with disabilities. Starts to end July. Those trainees answering whether they had a long-term health problem or disability which affected the type of work they could do. .. =less than 0.5 per cent.
§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment, for Great Britain and each standard Training Agency region, what are the latest available statistics for employment training showing the number of trainees in each monthly period who(a) have entered employer-based work placements and the cumulative total of how many are in employer placements at the latest available date and (b) the number of trainees in each
Employment Training Percentages of trainees on placements with employers and on projects on the census date December 1988—June 1989 December1 March June Region Project Employer Project Employer Project Employer Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. South East 46 31 39 31 36 31 London 43 17 48 18 42 19 South West 47 24 45 26 44 30 West Midlands 65 22 58 20 59 21 East Midlands and Eastern n.a. n.a. 57 27 49 26 Yorkshire and Humberside 52 23 51 25 48 25 North West 58 24 49 28 54 27 Northern 66 16 53 24 53 24 Wales 56 20 45 27 43 28 Scotland 69 18 62 21 60 24 Great Britain 58 21 52 24 50 25 1 Returns include trainees on CP wages. n.a. = Not available because of low number of returns.
§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment, for Great Britain and each standard Training Agency region, what are the monthly statistics for each month since June 1989 for employment training showing the(a) overall cumulative number of employment training trainees in training for each month and (b) the number of starts in each month with employment training training managers.
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Employment training filled places: June 1989 to September 1989 Training agency region June July August September South East 11,500 14,500 14,200 14,900 London 18,300 19,000 19,000 20,200 South West 11,800 11,800 11,500 12,000
§ Mr. NichollsThe information is provide in the following table:
monthly period who entered project-based work placements and the cumulative total of how many are in project-based placements at the latest available date.
§ Mr. NichollsInformation about the number of trainees on practical training placements with employers and on projects on any one day is collected from quarterly census returns submitted by training managers. This information is available for 30 December 1988, 31 March 1989 and 30 June 1989. These figures are given in the following table.
§ Mr. NichollsMonthly information for Great Britain and each Training Agency region for each available month since June 1989 is given in the following tables. In-training figures are provided in table 1 and starts figures are provided in table 2.
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Training agency region June July August September West Midlands 22,800 23,200 23,600 23,400 East Midlands and Eastern 15,500 16,400 16,800 16,900 Yorkshire and Humberside 25,200 25,200 25,100 25,200 North West 27,600 29,000 28,700 29,100 Northern 23,000 24,400 24,700 24,900 Wales 14,800 15,800 16,000 16,500 Scotland 23,200 23,700 24,400 25,100 Great Britain 193,700 203,000 204,400 208,000
Table 2 Starts at Employment Training Managers: June 1989 to September 1989 Training Agency Region June July August September South East 2,400 4,500 1,900 3,400 London 3,100 3,100 2,700 4,800 South West 1,900 1,500 1,200 2,300 West Midlands 3,800 3,300 3,200 4,500 East Midlands and Eastern 2,800 3,000 2,500 3,500 Yorkshire and Humberside 4,500 3,800 3,500 5,500 North West 6,300 5,300 4,500 6,200 Northern 4,100 3,600 3,000 4,900 Wales 2,600 2,700 2,300 3,700 Scotland 4,800 3,400 4,500 5,600 Great Britain 36,400 34,200 29,300 44,200
§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what information he has about trainees who leave employment training early; and what is the latest available monthly estimate of the number of trainees who have left employment training early.
§ Mr. NichollsInformation on trainees who leave employment training early is not currently available.
§ Mr. Anthony CoombsTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what steps are being taken to improve administrative arrangements in employment training.
§ Mr. EggarThe forms and procedures involved in the delivery of employment training are kept under review. The objective is to satisfy the requirements of public accountability and good administration whilst minimising the burden on training agents and training managers.
All ET forms (and the guidance notes associated with them) have now been reviewed. In many cases they have been simplified, and the revised forms introduced progressively since March. Currently we are taking steps to improve the trainee attendance records for the payment of training grants and trainee allowances. We are also improving arrangements for notifying termination of training.
I am confident that the overall effect of the action we are taking will be to ease administrative burdens while ensuring the proper use of Exchequer funds.
§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the most recent details of(a) the number of filled places on the 23 large company employment training schemes listed on 27 February, Official Report, column 34, (b) any changes to the maximum number of places allocated for each of those schemes and (c) which of those schemes have since withdrawn from employment training.
§ Mr. Nicholls[holding answer 23 October 1989]: The following table updates to 29 September 1989 the details of the 23 large company ET schemes listed in the Official 498W Report on 27 February at column 34. The "Maximum No. of places allocated" column shows, in brackets, the changes to the figures listed in the Official Report.
None of the schemes lifted have withdrawn from Employment Training Company Maximum number of places allocated Places filled at 29 September 1989 J. Jarvis and Sons 1,310(-1,616) 1,160 J. Laing Construction 2,181 (-157) 1,554 Henry Boot Construction 495 (-455) 222 Invicta Training (Grand Metropolitan Catering) 1,105 (+230) 147 Martin James 650 (-85) 552 George Wimpey 437 (-229) 404 Mowlem 305 (-100) 128 Comet plc 354 51 Pilkington 230 (-70) 181 Ferranti 152 (-98) 92 Mill Garages Ltd. 170 (-10) 173 Tower Radio Ltd. 130 (-120) 93 Portals Engineering Ltd. 250 241 Marley Extrusions Ltd. 200 Nil Ryder Ltd. 165 (+15) 194 Team Grey friars Ltd. 380 (+ 230) 155 John Lawrence Group 100 (-50) 37 ICI 100 (-50) 83 Sumlock Business Services 60 (-90) 36 R. and D. Associates 125 (-33) 139 Simon Engineering 110 63 Coastline Ltd. 70 (-30) 114 Strategic Market International Ltd 100 88