HC Deb 14 March 1990 vol 169 cc249-51W
Ms. Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish up-to-date figures for Great Britain and each Training Agency region for each month since November 1989 and the cumulative numbers of(a) referrals to ET from the employment service to training agents, (b) agreed ET action plans of training agents, (c) starts with ET training managers, (d) the number in training on ET each month and (e) the number on continuation training.

Mr. Nicholls

The information on referrals, action plans, starts and numbers in training is provided in the tables. Information is not separately available for those on continuation training.

Table 1 Employment training Referrals from employment service to employment training December 1989 to January 1990 (cumulative )
Employment service region December January
London and South East 12,900 29,900
South West 3,000 7,300
West Midlands 5,800 14,600
East Midlands and Eastern 4,600 10,700
Yorkshire and Humberside 6,500 14,900
North West 8,700 21,300
Northern 4,600 11,200
Wales 3,800 9,200
Scotland 9,100 20,600
Great Britain 59,100 139,700

Note:

Regional figures may not equal Great Britain total because of rounding.

Figures for February are not yet available.

Table 2 Employment training Agreed action plans at training agents December 1989 to February 1990 (cumulative)
Training agency region December January February
South East 2,400 5,400 9,300
London 3,900 7,800 12,500
South West 1,800 3,900 6,300
West Midlands 3,400 7,600 13,100
East Midlands and Eastern 2,500 4,900 8,200
Yorkshire and Humberside 4,600 9,400 15,000
North West 4,400 9,700 16,400
Northern 3,400 7,600 12,300
Wales 1,900 4,400 8,000
Scotland 4,300 8,800 14,300
Great Britain 32,600 69,500 115,400

Note:

Regional figures may not equal Great Britain total because of rounding.

Table 3 Employment training Starts with training managers December 1989 to February 1990 (cumulative)
Training agency region December January February
South East 1,500 4,300 6,900
London 2,600 6,500 10,600
South West 1,400 3,400 5,200
West Midlands 2,900 6,500 10,900
East Midlands and Eastern 2,100 4,600 7,700
Yorkshire and Humberside 3,700 8,000 13,200
North West 3,600 9,000 14,900
Northern 2,900 6,200 10,300
Wales 1,900 4,400 7,500
Scotland 3,500 7,400 12,700
Great Britain1 26,100 60,500 100,100
1 Great Britain total includes small number of starts at Residential Training Colleges and Large Contractors not inlcuded in regional totals.

Table 4 Employment training Filled places: December 1989 to February 1990
Training agency region December January February
South East 14,300 14,700 14,900
London 21,000 21,800 22,300
South West 11,900 12,100 11,800
West Midlands 22,500 21,900 22,400
East Midlands and Eastern 16,600 16,400 16,400
Yorkshire and Humberside 25,100 24,700 25,000
North West 28,800 28,900 29,000
Northern 24,200 23,700 23,300
Wales 16,100 15,900 16,100
Scotland 26,100 25,900 26,300
Great Britain1 208,000 207,000 209,000
1 Great Britain total includes small number of trainees at Residential Training Colleges and Large Contractors not included in regional totals.