§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will provide the latest available figures for spending and the number of participants on each of his Department's training and employment measures in Wales in(a) the last three years, (b) the current year and (c) projections for the next three years.
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§ Mr. David Hunt[holding answer 13 June 1990]: The information requested for 1987–88, 1988–89 and 1989–90 is shown in the table. Actual figures for 1990–91 and projections for the next three years are not available.
Training agency and employment services programmes 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 Volume3 Spend Volume3 Spend Volume3 Spend £ million £ million £ million Voluntary Project Programme 6,024 0.91 4None 0.86 — — New Job Training Scheme 4,535 1.1 4None 1.1 — — Access to Information Technology 1,244 0.05 — — — — Job Training Scheme 3,959 8.6 1,570 4.43 — — Training for Enterprise 6,816 1.03 4,869 0.66 — — Local Grants to Employers 8,141 1.79 8,253 1.86 — — Enterprise Allowance Scheme 7,062 n.a. 6,865 n.a. 5,489 8.954 Wider Opportunities Programme 5,485 1.78 3,767 1.25 — — Community Programme 119,865 75.35 4None 40.67 — — Residual Adult Training — — — — — 1.754 Business Growth Training (Option 2) — — — — 2,426 0.467 YTS/YT 19,079 51.77 18,758 52.66 17,781 50.746 Employment Training — — 17,564 13.67 32,766 32.741 Non-ET Business Enterprise — — — — 1,398 0.195 RESTART Data not available due to changes in budget procedures 2,866 22.2 2,602 0.314 Job Clubs 4,768 4,621 1.219 Travel to Interview Scheme 2,168 1,777 0.036 Jobstart 1,015 1,313 0.444 Programme Development Fund — 286 0.019 Job Interview Guarantee — 191 0.003 1 In training at 31 March 1988. 2 Total expenditure only available. 3 Key to Employment Service Volume Data: Restart = numbers completing courses. Job clubs = number of job entries. Jobstart = applications accepted. Programme Development Fund = numbers involved in projects. Job Interview Guarantee = numbers placed in employment. For Training Agency Programmes Volume = starts. 4 There were no starts on VPP, NJTS and CP in 1988–89 as these programmes were replaced by ET. Expenditure relates to residual costs for trainees who had commenced training in the previous year. n.a.—Not available.