§ Mr. LeightonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the qualifications that were achieved by clients for each six-month period of employment training since its inception.
Mr. JacksonThe following table gives the percentage breakdown of the qualifications gained by trainees leaving employment training between July 1989 and September 1990.
Employment training Breakdown of the qualifications gained by leavers between July 1989 to September 1990 Qualification July 1989 to December 1989 (per cent.) January 1990 to June 1990 (per cent.) July 1990 to September 1990 (per cent.) City and Guilds 39 38 37 RSA 28 32 30 Pitmans 12 10 10 SCOTVEC 11 12 11 BTEC-TEC 2 2 3 GCSE 2 1 2 London Chamber of Commerce & Industry 1 2 4 Other 20 20 21 Note: Percentage totals add up to more than 100 per cent. because trainees may obtain more than one type of qualification.
§ Mr. LeightonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of employment training trainees had employer placements in each month since the scheme's inception.
Mr. JacksonThe information is not available in the precise format requested.
However, information is available quarterly as shown in the table.
Employment training (Great Britain totals) Percentage of trainees on training placements with employers for each quarter September 1989 to September 1990 Great Britain September 1989 23 December 1989 24 March 1990 25 June 1990 27 September 1990 25