HC Deb 31 October 1989 vol 159 cc163-7W
31. Mr. Wallace

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many local authorities have withdrawn from employment training; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Nicholls

Seven local authorities have withdrawn from employment training. These are: Barrow borough council; Rochdale metropolitan borough council; Wolverhampton metropolitan borough council; Nottinghamshire county council and Cleveland county council, which withdrew because of political decisions; and London borough of Merton and London borough of Barnet, which withdrew because of operational difficulties.

57. Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment when he expects to grant approved training organisation status to employment training agents and managers.

Table 1
Referrals to employment training from restart interviews: May 1989 to August 1989
Employment service region May June July August
London and South East 5,700 7,200 5,300 5,900
South West 1,200 1,100 1,000 1,000
West Midlands 3,800 3,900 3,300 3,500
East Midlands and Eastern 2,400 3,000 2,200 2,200
Yorkshire and Humberside 2,800 3,200 2,600 2,800
North West 4,100 5,000 4,300 4,100
Northern 2,600 3,200 2,300 2,700

Mr. Nicholls

Approved status will be granted to the first groups of employment training agents and managers during April and May 1990.

35. Mr. O'Brien

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what representations he has received from individuals or organisations over participants in the Government's employment training scheme leaving the scheme before completing their training programme; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Nicholls

My Department has received various representations about employment training. These all receive careful consideration. Many people leave employment training in order to take jobs, though it is possible to continue the training while being employed.

65. Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many employment training trainees have received the full or part of the training bonus.

Mr. Nicholls

Information is not yet available on the number of trainees receiving training bonuses.

73. Mr. Parry

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the names of those employment training training agents that have been given approved status since the inception of employment training.

Mr. Nicholls

No employment training training agents have yet been granted approved status. All organisations that have applied to become training agents have until September 1990 to satisfy the rigorous criteria for gaining approved status.

Ms. Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment for Great Britain and each standard Training Agency region, what are the monthly statistics for the latest available four months for employment training showing(a) the number of referrals to employment training from Restart interviews, (b) the number of employment training action plans completed, (c) the number of starts with employment training training managers, (d) the number of employment training filled places and (e) the number of profiled or contracted employment training places.

Mr. Nicholls

Information on the numbers of referrals to employment training from restart interviews are given in table 1. The numbers of action plans agreed at training agents are given in table 2. The numbers of starts and filled places are given in tables 3 and 4. The numbers of contracted places as at 30 September, the only date for which information is available, are given in table 5.

Employment service region May June July August
Wales 1,900 2,100 1,700 1,500
Scotland 5,000 6,500 4,000 4,600
Great Britain 29,500 35,200 26,900 28,300

Table 2
Employment training action plans agreed at training agents: June 1988 to September 1989
Training agency region June July August September
South East 3,200 3,500 2,900 3,600
London 4,700 4,200 4,400 5,000
South West 2,200 1,800 1,800 2,800
West Midlands 4,500 4,300 3,900 5,200
East Midlands and Eastern 3,400 3,100 3,100 3,000
Yorkshire and Humberside 4,800 4,700 4,600 6,300
North West 6,400 6,000 5,600 6,600
Northern 4,700 4,000 3,900 5,100
Wales 2,700 2,300 2,200 3,200
Scotland 6,200 4,500 5,500 6,400
Great Britain 42,800 38,200 37,900 47,700

Table 3
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

Table 4
Employment training filled places: June 1988 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
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 193,700 203,000 204,000 208,000

Table 5
Employment training contracted places: 30 September 1989
Training agency region September
South East 16,700
London 22,800
South West 13,500
West Midlands 28,500
East Midlands and Eastern 17,800
Yorkshire and Humberside 29,100
North West 36,800
Northern 27,000
Wales 20,900
Scotland 31,200
Great Britain 244,000

Mr. McFall

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the nature of the relationship between employment training training managers and local education authorities.

Mr. Nicholls

Local education authorities, like any other organizations, may apply to become either training agents or training managers within employment training. They may also choose to act as subcontractors to training managers.

Mr. Jack

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are currently undertaking employment training in the north-west of England.

Mr. Nicholls

On 13 October, the latest date for which information is available, there were 28,800 people on employment training in the north-west of England.

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