HC Deb 07 May 1991 vol 190 cc454-6W
Mr. McLeish

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what is the total number of ET training agents who have received approval for(a) each of the first five criteria and (b) each of the last four criteria set out in approved training organisation process;

what is (a) the total number of ET training agents, (b) the total number of ET training managers, (c) the total number of ET training agents awarded approved training organisation status by 31 March and (d) the total number of ET training managers awarded approved training organisation status by 31 March;

(3) what is the total number of ET training managers who have received approval for (a) each of the first five criteria and (b) each of last four criteria set out in the approved training organisation process.

Mr. Jackson

In April 1990 the nine criteria considered in awarding approved training organisation status to ET training providers were consolidated into seven which cover the same ground. The total number of ET training agents and training managers is not available, nor is separate information for training agents and training managers covered by the approved training organisation process. A total of 880 of those ET training agents and training managers who commenced on 5 September 1988 were still contracted by the Department of Employment or by training and enterprise councils to deliver employment training on 31 March 1991. By that date all had received approval for each of the first four criteria and 809–92 per cent.—also for the last three criteria and therefore for approved training organisation status.

Mr. Madden

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether those released from prison or young offender institutions are eligible for employment training in Bradford; and what assessment he has made of the likely implications of alternative policies in this area.

Mr. Jackson

[holding answer 3 May 1991]: Persons released from prison or young offender institutions who are 18 or over and under 60 are eligible for employment training if, at the time of seeking entry, they have accumulated 26 weeks of qualifying time spent either in unemployment or in custody or both. In addition, such persons can be eligible for fast entry into employment training if they have special training needs associated with disability, literacy, numeracy and language difficulty or if they qualify as skill shortage or enterprise entrants or labour market returners. A proportion of persons released from prison or from young offender institutions who are eligible for employment training are also covered by the Government's guarantee and aim. Eligibility for employment training is not defined or limited by location within Great Britain. There is no intention to apply alternative eligibility arrangements in Bradford and no assessment of other possibilities has been made.

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