HC Deb 28 March 1991 vol 188 cc554-5W
Mr. McLeish

To 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. Jackson

Employment 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.

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.

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