§ Mr. BlairTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment when he expects the task of recontracting with training agents, training managers and managing agents to be completed.
§ Mr. NichollsRecontracting with employment training (ET) training agents, training managers and with YTS managing agents should be substantially complete by 28 May 1990.
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what assessment he has made of the need to reduce average unit prices within employment training to a level consistent with resources available in 1990–91 and the volume requirements associated with those resources.
§ Mr. Nicholls[holding answer 3 May 1990]: My right hon. and learned Friend's assessment is that overall unit costs, including allowances, will be increased by 1 per cent. in 1990–91.
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give from the employment training budget in 1990–91 the total expenditure allocated to(a) training week delivery and (b) trainee leaving employment training for a positive outcome.
§ Mr. NichollsIn 1990–91 £571 million is available for employment training (ET) programme costs. Of this about £306 million is expected to be paid to training and enterprise councils, about £31 million on the basis of positive outcomes achieved and £275 million on the basis of trainee weeks delivered.