§ Mr. BellottiTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will take action to stop training and enterprise councils requiring training managers to achieve the same level of positive outcomes for trainees who have special needs as they do for other trainees.
Mr. JacksonIt is for training and enterprise councils to negotiate appropriate targets for positive outcomes with their training managers.
§ Mr. BellottiTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many trainees with special needs were on employment training in(a) 1988–89 and (b) 1989–90; and how many he expects to be on employment training in (i) 1990–91 and (ii) 1991–92.
Mr. JacksonEmployment training is aimed at long term unemployed people many of whom have special training needs. Some groups are identified separately and the table gives details of these groups as a proportion of all starts in 1988–89 and in 1989–90. No forecasts are available for 1990–91 and 1991–92.
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Employment training Special needs groups as a proportion of all starts 11988–89 percentage 1989–90 percentage English as a second language 1 1 People with disabilities 12 11 Literacy and numeracy training need 18 15 1 September 1988 on.
§ Mr. BellottiTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what steps he is taking to ensure that where training and enterprise councils award contracts to training managers for employment training without making above-average allowances for trainees' special needs the future provision for such trainees will continue to be provided.
Mr. JacksonTraining and enterprise councils are expected to set out in their corporate and business plans how they will make provision for trainees with special needs. TECs are responsible for deciding which training managers they should contract with.