HC Deb 19 April 1991 vol 189 c280W
Mr. Leighton

To 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. Jackson

The 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. Leighton

To 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. Jackson

The 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