§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list for each region and for Great Britain as a whole the number and proportion of employment training leavers who obtained a vocational qualification.
Mr. JacksonThe following table gives the proportion of trainees leaving employment training between July 1989 and June 1990, the latest date for which information is available, who obtained a qualification or credit or who were awaiting results. Numbers of trainees achieving qualifications or credits towards qualifications are not available.
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Employment training Proportion gaining qualifications or credits all leavers between July 1989 to June 1990 Region Obtained qualification or credit Awaiting results Per cent. Per cent. South East 25 4 London 18 4 South West 24 5 West Midlands 20 4 East Midlands and Eastern 22 4 Yorkshire and Humberside 21 4 North West 19 4 Northern 24 4 Wales 23 4 Scotland 24 5 Great Britain 22 4 Source: Respondents to the Employment Training Follow up Survey.