§ Mr. Ralph HowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons were involved in state-supported training at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. EggarThe table shows the numbers of people who were on state-supported training schemes, funded through the Training Agency, at the end of November 1989:
Programme Numbers in training (November 1989) Employment Training (ET) 212,000 Youth Training Scheme (YTS) 427,900 Community Industry (CI) 6,000 Business Growth Training (BGT) (1) (1) The following figures are available for BGT for the month of November 1989;
Percentage increase in weekly and hourly earnings of full-time adult male employees1 Manual Public sector Not in public sector Non-manual Public sector Manufacturing April of each year Weekly earnings percentage Hourly earnings percentage Weekly earnings percentage Hourly earnings percentage Weekly earnings percentage Hourly earnings percentage Weekly earnings percentage Hourly earnings percentage 1973 15.7 2— 16.5 2— 8.4 2— 11.2 10.3 1974 15.4 14.8 13.9 14.3 15.1 15.3 11.9 12.5 1975 36.1 36.5 24.6 28.2 28.1 28.8 26.1 25.8 1976 15.7 17.9 17.6 17.6 22.4 24.8 17.8 18.0 1977 8.2 7.1 10.4 9.6 6.3 4.4 9.9 9.3 1978 11.7 10.3 13.4 12.9 9.2 9.3 15.9 15.5 1979 14.5 13.0 15.5 15.4 11.0 11.0 14.3 13.8 1 Average gross weekly and hourly earnings, not affected by absence, for those aged 21 and over. 2 Not available.
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if the Government will publish guidelines showing increases in productivity to assist employers faced with pay claims to discount settlements in other industries which take into account increases in productivity; and if he will publish a table showing the percentage increase in median earnings of(a) full-time adult male manual workers in the motor vehicle industry and (b) the whole economy less manufacturing since 1972 and 1979, together with increases in output per head.
§ Mr. NichollsProductivity is clearly a vital influence on costs and competitiveness but it is for employers to regulate their own internal affairs. Only they can judge the level of pay settlements appropriate to all the relevant circumstances; and it is they who must bear the consequences of their decisions for competitiveness, investment and jobs.
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Programme Numbers in training (November 1989) Option 1 1,226 kits issued Option 2 28,974 filled training places Option 3 133 contracts signed Option 4 23 contracts signed Option 5 17 contracts signed