HC Deb 19 December 1990 vol 183 cc217-25W
Mr. Graham

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of training places in (i) employment training and (ii) youth training contracted with the Training Agency in each month from January in(a) Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll, (b) Lothian and Borders, (c) Lanarkshire, (d) Highlands and Islands, (e) Grampian and Tayside, (f) Glasgow City, (g) Central and Fife and (h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway.

Mr. Allan Stewart

The information requested about the number of training places in employment training is not available. The available information about the number of youth training places is set out in the table.

Lanarkshire, (d) Highlands and Islands, (e) Grampian and Tayside, (f) Glasgow City, (g) Central and Fife and (h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway.

Mr. Allan Stewart

The information requested is set out in the table.

Proportion of employment training places contracted to voluntary sector Per cent.
Glasgow city 17.0
Central and Fife
(Central) 8.8
(Fife) 28.0
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway 16.0

Mr. Graham

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the training agents and training managers in employment training which have (i) gone into liquidation, (ii) not had contracts with the Training Agency renewed or (iii) ceased to provide employment training for any other reason in each of the Training Agency areas covering(a) Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll, (b) Lothian and Borders, (c) Lanarkshire, (d) Highlands and Islands, (e) Grampian and Tayside, (f) Glasgow City, (g) Central and Fife and (h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway.

Mr. Allan Stewart

The information requested is contained in the table:

Training Agency area Training agents and managers who have gone into liquidation Training agents and managers who have not had contracts with the Training Agency renewed Training agents and managers who have ceased to provide Employment Training for any other reason
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll Westwood Training Services — Training Services (Inverclyde) Ltd.
Paisley College of Technology
Lothian and Borders Community Opportunities, West Lothian — Midlothian District Council
Lanarkshire Westwood Training Services — Omega Training Services
Highlands and Islands Westwood Training services — —
Grampian and Tayside — — Dundee Survival Group
Glasgow City Westwood Training Services — —
Central and Fife A & M Projects Ltd. — —
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway Westwood Training Services — —

Mr. Graham

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the adult population, the number of people unemployed and the number of people unemployed for more than six months, 12 months, 18 months and 24 months, within each of the Training Agency areas covering(a) Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll, (b) Lothian and Borders, (c) Lanarkshire, (d) Highlands and Islands, (e) Grampian and Tayside, (f) Glasgow City, (g) Central and Fife and (h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway.

Mr. Allan Stewart

As at mid-1989, the number of people aged 16 years or over in each of the Training Agency area office areas in Scotland was as follows:

Number
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll 587,900
Lothian and Borders 688,800
Lanarkshire 392,500
Highlands and Islands 214,700
Grampian and Tayside 718,200
Glasgow city 560,800
Central and Fife 490,700
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway 415,800
Scotland 4,069,500

Information on unemployment by duration for the eight Scottish Training Agency area office areas, is available on the NOMIS database in the House of Commons Library. Library staff are ready to assist in accessing the information if necessary.

Mr. Graham

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the average unit cost per week to the Training Agency of one (i) employment training place and (ii) youth training place in each of(a) Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll, (b) Lothian and Borders, (c) Lanarkshire, (d) Highlands and Islands, (e) Grampian and Tayside, (f) Glasgow City, (g) Central and Fife and (h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway.

Mr. Allan Stewart

The information requested is not held centrally and can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Graham

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the training agents in employment training who have achieved approved training agent status in each of the Training Agency areas covering (a) Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll, (b) Lothian and Borders, (c) Lanarkshire, (d) Highlands and Islands, (e) Grampian and Tayside, (f) Glasgow City, (g) Central and Fife and (h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway.

Mr. Allan Stewart

The information requested is set out in the table.

Training Agency area and Training Agents with approved training organisation status—

Renfrew, Dunbarton and Argyll:

  • Intrain

Lothian and Borders:

  • The Training Agency Ltd.
  • Greater Edinburgh Training Association
  • Borders regional council

Lanarkshire:

  • Lanarkshire Training Agent Ltd.

Highlands and Islands:

  • Orkney Islands Council
  • Community Industry
  • Support Training
  • Highland Training and Development

Grampian and Tayside

  • Grampian regional council

Glasgow city:

  • None

Central and Fife:

  • None

Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway:

  • Wigtown District Council
  • Dumfries and Galloway regional council—education department

Mr. Graham

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the total Training Agency budget for employment training in the years 1989–90, 1990–91 and 1991–92, the actual expenditure in 1989–90, and the projected expenditure for 1990–91, for each of the Training Agency areas covering(a) Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll, (b) Lothian and Borders, (c) Lanarkshire, (d) Highlands and Islands, (e) Grampian and Tayside, (f) Glasgow City, (g) Central and Fife and (h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway.

Mr. Allan Stewart

The information requested for 1989–90 and 1990–91 is set out in the table. Information about budgets for 1991–92 is not available.

1989–90 Profile 1989–90 Actual expenditure 1990–91 Budget 1990–91 Forecast outturns1
£ million £ million £ million £ million
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll 6.462 6.668 8.031 6.761
Lothian and Borders 8.052 9.810 10.946 9.647
Lanarkshire 6.376 6.773 7.619 6.540
Highlands and Islands 2.334 2.615 2.923 2.898
Grampian and Tayside 5.495 6.097 7.441 7.142
Glasgow City 12.048 12.384 14.819 14.074
Central and Fife 7.368 7.461 8.147 7.789
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway 8.719 8.732 8.872 8.044
1 Includes energy top up grants and higher technology national training.

Mr. Graham

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the training agents and training managers in employment training in Scotland who have had their contracts terminated, together with an explanation of why these contracts have been terminated.

Mr. Allan Stewart

No training agent or training manager has had its employment training contract terminated. All training agents and training managers in employment training who chose to conclude their employment training contracts did so in mutual agreement with the Training Agency.

Mr. Graham

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the numbers and

Month Per cent. of trainees who take up full time employment Per cent. of trainees who take up full time education or training Per cent. of trainees who join a job club Per cent. of trainees who leave for other reasons
Training Agency Area: Renfrew, Dunbarton and Argyll
January 24 0 6 70
February 28 1 7 64
March 29 0 5 66
April 29 2 5 64
May 32 3 4 61
Training Agency Area: Lothian and Borders
January 19 4 76
February 26 6 67
March 24 2 5 69
April 18 2 2 78
May 28 2 6 64
Training Agency Area: Lanarkshire
January 26 2 6 66
February 17 2 3 78
March 20 1 6 73
April 28 2 3 67
May 19 2 5 74
Training Agency Area: Highlands and Islands
January 44 4 5 47
February 45 3 2 50
March 50 0 1 49
April 51 1 1 47
May 55 0 2 43
Training Agency Area: Grampian and Tayside
January 30 3 4 63
February 25 1 8 66
March 29 1 5 65
April 30 1 3 66
May 28 4 1 67
Training Agency Area: Glasgow City
January 20 0 8 72
February 17 2 6 75
March 25 1 7 67
April 24 0 2 74
May 26 4 7 63
Training Agency Area: Central and Fife
January 20 1 5 74
February 20 2 12 66
March 26 0 6 68
April 27 1 8 64
May 27 1 3 69

percentages of trainees leaving employment training to (i) take up full-time employment, (ii) take up full-time education, (iii) join a job club and (iv) other reasons, listing these other reasons, for every month from January in each of the Training Agency areas covering (a) Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll, (b) Lothian and Borders, (c) Lanarkshire, (d) Highlands and Islands, (e) Grampian and Tayside, (f) Glasgow City, (g) Central and Fife and (h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway.

Mr. Allan Stewart

The latest date for which information is available is May 1990. The information from January 1990 to that date is shown in the tables.

Month Per cent. of trainees who take up full time employment Per cent. of trainees who take up full time education or training Per cent. of trainees who join a job club Per cent. of trainees who leave for other reasons
Training Agency Area: Dumfries and Galloway
January 20 2 8 70
February 30 2 3 65
March 24 0 6 70
April 25 3 4 68
May 29 3 3 65

Mr. Graham

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the current Training Agency budgets for (i) employment training and (ii) youth training in each of the Training Agency areas covering(a) Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll, (b) Lothian and Borders, (c) Lanarkshire, (d) Highlands and Islands, (e) Grampian and Tayside, (f) Glasgow City, (g) Central and Fife and (h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway.

Mr. Allan Stewart

The information requested is set out in the table.

Training Agency area Employment training budget allocation 1990–91 Youth training budget allocation 1990–91
£ £
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll 8,031,343 11,202,001
Lothian and Borders 10,946,226 15,162,000
Lanarkshire 7,618,981 11,588,000
Highlands and Islands 2,923,450 5,118,000
Grampian and Tayside 7,440,606 13,230,056
Glasgow city 14,819,319 15,162,000
Central and Fife 8,147,405 13,712,364
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway 8,872,450 11,395,000

Employment training trainees in training Youth training trainees in training January to March 1990
January to March 1990
January 1990 February 1990 March 1990 January 1990 February 1990 March 1990
Male Female Total
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll 3,379 3,476 3,417 5,685 5,576 3,498 2,091 5,589
Lothian and Borders 3,493 3,489 3,460 5,412 5,408 3,642 1,782 5,424
Lanarkshire 2,880 2,947 2,884 4,908 4,821 2,901 1,947 4,848
Highlands and Islands 1,220 1,210 1,203 2,385 2,411 1,523 877 2,402
Grampian and Tayside 2,844 2,994 3,108 7,015 6,903 4,426 2,508 6,934
Glasgow city 5,908 6,011 6,279 7,992 7,881 5,115 2,853 7,968
Central and Fife 2,857 2,748 2,590 6,681 6,631 3,839 2,866 6,705
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway 3,316 3,375 3,439 5,261 5,210 3,103 2,176 5,279

Notes:

1. Information for April 1990 onward is not available.

2. Breakdowns of the data between males and females is available for youth training in March 1990 only.

3. Breakdowns by age group are not available.

Mr. Graham

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the training managers in employment training who achieved approved training manager status in each of the Training Agency areas covering(a) Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll, (b) Lothian and Borders, (c) Lanarkshire, (d) Highlands and Islands, (e) Grampian and Tayside, (f) Glasgow City, (g) Central and Fife and (h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway.

Mr. Allan Stewart

The information requested is set out in the table:

Training Agency Area

  • Training Manager with Approved
  • Training Organisation Status

Mr. Graham

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people were in training as (i) employment trainees and (ii) youth trainees in each month since January in each of the Training Agency areas covering(a) Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll, (b) Lothian and Borders, (c) Lanarkshire, (d) Highlands and Islands, (e) Grampian and Tayside, (f) Glasgow city, (g) Central and Fife and (h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway; and if he will provide a breakdown of these figures into (i) numbers of males, (ii) numbers of females and (iii) numbers aged 18 to 24 years, 25 to 34 years, 35 to 44 years, 45 to 54 years and over 55 years.

Mr. Allan Stewart

Insofar as it is available, the information requested is set out in the table.

Renfrew, Dunbarton and Argyll

  • Intec (Inverclyde) Limited)
  • BEST Limited
  • RRW Associates (Renfrew Dumbarton and Argyll) Limited
  • Argyll and Bute District Council

Lothian and Borders

  • University of Edinburgh
  • Community and Business Training Ltd
  • Craigmillar Festival Society
  • Wester Hailes Management Agency
  • Hotel and Catering Training Board
  • Chamber of Commerce and Manufacturers
  • Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
  • Instant Muscle (Scotland) Ltd
  • Ness Training Limited
    • 225
  • Borders Training Services
  • Livingston Development Corporation
  • Grand Met Community Services TG0
  • Training and Development (Edinburgh) Ltd
  • Reid Consultants Ltd
  • Trust Training
  • Scottish Council for Spastics
  • Scottish Association for Mental Health
  • Apex Scotland
  • Edinburgh District Engineering Training AE0

Lanarkshire

  • Clydesdale District Council
  • OSCC Training Services Ltd
  • ASTRA
  • JHP Training
  • Voluntary Association for Mental Welfare Training Ltd
  • RRW Associates (Hamilton) Ltd
  • East Kilbride District Council
  • East Kilbride Energy Project LE0
  • Hamilton District Council
  • Scottish National Council for YMCAs
  • Midscot Training Services
  • LAGTA Ltd
  • Westwood Training Services Ltd (Withdrawn)

Highlands and Islands

  • Moray Firth GTA
  • Hotel and Catering Industry Training Board
  • Highland Regional Council
  • Ross and Crornarty District Council
  • Westwood Training Services (Withdrawn)
  • Simpson Dalgarno Partnership
  • Microcomputer Training Centre
  • McDermott Scotland Ltd
  • Orkney Islands Council
  • JHP Training Ltd

Grampian and Tayside

  • Highland Perthshire Development Company
  • Bulloch Trust Enterprise Ltd
  • St. Andrew's Business Association Ltd
  • Heat Developrnent (Dundee) Ltd.

Training Agency Area

(a) Number starting employment training with a training manager (b) Number leaving Employment Training
January 1990 February 1990 March 1990 January 1990 February 1990 March 1990
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll 500 669 771 444 551 777
Lothian and Borders 482 678 846 567 634 777
Lanarkshire 469 623 691 483 561 782
Highlands and Islands 191 264 241 150 274 291
Grampian and Tayside 431 660 805 469 533 633
Glasgow city 902 1,269 1,545 806 1,162 1,277
Central and Fife 423 457 582 458 587 657
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway 486 661 809 478 637 749