§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of applications from ET training managers for approved training organisation status which have been(a) rejected on the first five criteria, (b) rejected on the last four criteria and (c) rejected by the Training Agency.
§ Mr. Nicholls[holding answer 14 May 1990]: Only those training managers who are considered to have the potential to meet the stringent standards entailed in the award of approved training organisation status are given contracts to provide employment training. The approval process involves a constructive partnership between the Training Agency and the training manager to build provision which meets these standards. Rejections are made only when it becomes clear there is no prospect of achieving this.
For those training managers who began operations at the start of employment training, the assessment process is under way and as at 30 April 1990, it has proved necessary for the Training Agency to reject only one training manager who failed on the first five criteria.
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of applications from training agents for approved training organisation status which have been(a) rejected on the first five criteria, (b) rejected on the last four criteria and (c) rejected by the Training Agency.
§ Mr. Nicholls[holding answer 14 May 1990]: Only those training agents who have the potential to meet the stringent quality standards entailed in the award of approved training organisation status are given contracts to provide employment training. The approval process involves a constructive partnership between the Training agency and the Training Agent to build provision which meets these standards. Rejections are made only when it becomes clear there is no prospect of achieving this.
For those training agents who began operations at the start of employment training, the assessment process is under way and as at 30 April 1990, it has not proved necessary for the Training Agency to reject any training agents.
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of ET training managers who have received Training Agency approval for each of(a) the first five criteria and (b) the last four criteria set out in the approved training organisation process.
§ Mr. Nicholls[holding answer 14 May 1990]: The approved training organisation process involves a 71W constructive partnership between the Training Agency and the training manager to build provision which meets the stringent standards entailed in the approved training organisation award. Training managers have two years from the date of commencement of their employment training operation to meet these standards which are tested in two stages. The assessment process for those who began on 5 September 1988 is currently under way and as at 30 April 1990, 873 have received Training Agency approval for the first five criteria and three have received approval for the last four criteria.
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of ET training agents who have received Training Agency approval for each of(a) the first five criteria and (b) the last four criteria set out in the approved training organisation process.
§ Mr. Nicholls[holding answer 14 May 1990]: The approved training organisation process involves a constructive partnership between the Training Agency and the training agent to build provision which meets the stringent standards entailed in the approved training organisation award. Training agents have two years from the date of commencement of their employment training operation to meet these standards which are tested in two stages. The assessment process for those who began on 5 September 1988 is currently under way and as at 30 April 1990, 153 have received Training Agency approval for the first five criteria. None so far has received approval for the last four criteria.