§ Mr. Teddy TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total sum to be expended by his Department on the finance of training in the current year; and by what percentage this has changed in real terms over the past five years.
§ Mr. NichollsRecords are kept on the basis of the standard financial year for Government expenditure, which runs from 1 April to 31 March.
The total estimated expenditure on training, by the Training Agency, in 1990–91, is £2,693,000.
There is a reduction in the estimated provision for 1990–91 against forecast outturn for 1989–90, both in cash terms and constant 1990–91 prices. This is due to reduced expenditure on youth training, reflecting demographic changes, and savings accruing from the transfer of the operating costs of the Skills Training Agency to the private sector.
The total spent by the Training Agency, and its predecessors, the Training Commission and the Manpower Services Commission, for the years 1985–86 to 1988–89, and the forecast outturn for 1989–90, at constant 1990–91 prices, and the percentage year-on-year changes are as follows:
Year £ Per cent. 1985–86 1,648,500 1986–87 1,830,700 +11.1 1987–88 1,945,400 +6.3 1988–89 2,328,800 +19.7 1989–90 2,840,400 +22.0 1990–91 2,693,000 -5.2 Prices were calculated by use of the GDP deflator index.The figures are inclusive of the following programmes:
- Youth Training Scheme
- Employment Training
- Technical and Vocational Education Initiative
- Non Advanced Further Education
- Business Growth Training
- Skills Training Agency
- Adult Training
- Scientific and Technical Equipment in Schools and all related administration costs net of receipts.