§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment when results will be available from the follow-up survey of employment training trainees, and if he will place a full copy of results in the Library.
§ Mr. NichollsWhen sufficient data are available to satisfy my right hon. and learned Friend of the reliability of more detailed analyses he will consider placing a report in the Library.
§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was 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.
§ Mr. NichollsET accident figures are collected quarterly, as for YTS. The table gives the accident figures.
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Accidents1 Fatal Major2 Minor 5 September 1988 to 31 December 1988 nil 24 91 1 January 1989 to 31 March 1989 nil 31 161 1 April 1989 to 30 June 1989 nil 53 276 1 July 1989 to 30 September 1989 nil 52 286 1 October 1989 to 31 December 1989 13 67 246 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. 3This was a road traffic accident.
§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many employer-based work placements and how many project-based work placements have either been rejected or closed on health and safety grounds since employment training was introduced.
§ Mr. NichollsSeparate figures for closures and rejections for employer-based and project-based work placements are not kept. The table gives figures of closures and rejections on health and safety grounds from 5 September 1988 to the present date. The figures are provisional.
Closed Rejected 15 nil
§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the annual expenditure on ET from the start of the programme to the estimated outturn for 1990–91; how much of that budget in cash terms was used to pay(a) the trainees' training allowances, and (b) the trainees' training premium; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. NichollsThe table shows the annual expenditure on employment training (ET) from the start of the programme to 1990–91.
(£ million) 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 (from 5 September 1988) provisional outturn estimate Total Employment Training expenditure 425 1,096 1,156 Training allowances 151 527 585 Training premium (estimated) 34 102 108 Employment training is currently helping over 200,000 unemployed people to obtain the skills and experience they need to get jobs. The Government believe that the level of financial support for ET trainees is reasonable given the need to devote adequate resources to maintaining the quality of training.