§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give, for employment training, the total number and percentage of trainees with special needs in each of the years 1988–89 and 1989–90 for Great Britain and each of the standard regions plus Scotland and Wales; and if he will provide an estimate of special needs places in 1990–91 and 1991–92 for Great Britain and each of the TEC areas.
Mr. JacksonEmployment training is aimed at long-term unemployed people, many of whom have special training needs. Some groups are identified separately and the table gives details of these groups as a proportion of all starts in 1988–89 and in 1989–90. Actual numbers are not available. No forecasts are available for 1990–91 and 1991–92.
underway with training and enterprise councils in relation to planned numbers of ET trainee weeks and outputs delivered in 1991–92.
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Employment training filled places April 1989 to March 1990 April 1990 to March 1991 (estimated) Month Numbers 1989 April 185,000 May 189,000
Month Numbers June 194,000 July 203,000 August 204,000 September 208,000 October 209,000 November 212,000 December 208,000 1990 January 207,000 February 209,000 March 210,000 April 210,000 May 208,000 June 199,000 July 191,000 August 185,000 September 184,000 October 190,000 November 194,000 December 199,000 1991 January 197,000 February 203,000 March 197,000 Source: ET telephone census and Employment Service.