§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was(a) the spending and (b) the number of participants in each of his training and employment measures in (i) the last three years, (ii) the current year and (iii) projections for the next three years; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 25 June 1990]: Information about projected numbers and spending on training and employment measures in Scotland for the next three years is not available. For the last three years and the current year, it has not been possible to provide all the information requested in precisely the form required. In so far as data are available, they are set out in the tables:
147WPreparation and Training linked to the Community Programme. The 1989–90 expenditure is residual and includes Community Programme and New Job Training Scheme.
4 The Community Programme and New Job Training Scheme ended in August 1988 and 1988–89 expenditure cannot be broken down below GB level. Numbers of participants for 1988–89 are until the end of August 1988.
5 This programme took over from Adult Training, Community Programme and the New Job Training Scheme on 2 September 1988. The expenditure figures do not include elements of National Providers Unit expenditure paid from a GB budget but do include expenditure on Community Opportunities. These figures include an element for trainee allowances.
6 This programme started at the same time as Employment Training.
Table 2: Training Measures (a) Number of starts/projects (b) Expenditure £ million Financial year Options 2 (Business skills seminars) 2 (Growth programme 3 4 5 Business Growth Training i 1987–88 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 1988–89 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 1989–90 6,704 43 207 10 2 0.913 ii 1990–91 (estimate) 7,137 60 133 13 10 4.408 Notes:
This programme started on 11 April 1989
Option 1: Business Kits—no separate Scottish figure available. Paid for from GB budget.
Option 2: Business Skills Seminars and Growth Programme.
Option 3: Managing Business Change Projects.
Option 4: Joint action on Skills Programme.
Option 5: Innovation and Technology Programme.
Table 3: Employment measures (a) Spending (£ million) (b) Numbers of participants1 (i) (ii) (i) (ii) 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 (estimate) 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 (estimate) Jobclub 1.000 1.961 2.192 2.319 14,568 18,733 20,820 n/a Restart courses 1.262 0.710 0.735 0.710 7,113 6,957 7,362 n/a Jobstart 0.682 0.453 0.685 0.455 1,493 1,466 1,890 n/a Enterprise Allowance Scheme 17.417 17.234 14.834 13.349 9,689 8,494 6,972 6,606 Sheltered Employment 3.369 3.752 4.497 5.971 2,373 2,457 2,598 n/a n/a=Not available.
Note:
1 Number of participants means entrants for the Enterprise Allowance Scheme, starts for Restart courses, acceptances for Jobstart, throughflow for Jobclubs and filled places for Sheltered Employment.