§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the latest information he has, for each region and for Great Britain as a whole, on the number of employment training participants who fall either within(a) the Guarantee group and (b) the Aim group; if he will give comparable data for one year ago;
Employment training Aim and guarantee group entrants1 April to September 1989 April to September 1990 Region Guarantee (per cent.) Aim (per cent.) Guarantee (per cent.) Aim (per cent.) South East 8 26 9 16 London 11 32 12 21 South West 13 25 13 16 West Midlands 13 30 13 26 East Midlands and Eastern 15 31 15 20 Yorkshire and Humberside 16 27 15 21 North West 14 31 13 23 Northern 18 28 16 24 Wales 16 26 14 21 Scotland 17 33 15 28 Great Britain 15 30 14 23 1 Estimated. Note: Great Britain total includes a small number of trainees covered by national contracts and residential training colleges not included in regional totals. The table shows the latest information for this financial year and comparable data for the previous year.
Source: ET management information system and ET starts database.