HC Deb 16 December 1992 vol 216 cc249-50W
Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will make public the monthly reports of supply and demand of youth training places in each training and enterprise council area which she announced she was to receive in her press release of 7 July.

Mr. McLoughlin

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has already announced the estimated numbers of young people seeking training at the national level ill a reply to my hon. Friend, the Member for Gedling (Mr. Mitchell) on 1 December 1992,Official Report, columns 127–28. Figures for the supply of places are not available. Estimates of demand for places at local level vary in precision and reliability. Changes are being introduced to improve the information we receive and my right hon. Friend will be considering what further information to make available in the light of advice on the reliability of disaggregated statistics.

Mrs. Wise

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many 16 and 17-year-olds in Lancashire are currently awaiting a youth training place.

Mr. McLoughlin

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced the estimated numbers of young people seeking training at national level in a reply to my hon.

Number of accidents, incidents and dangerous occurrences on

construction sites which were investigated by HSE inspectors in the

north west region (a) 1987–88–1991–921 (b)

Year (b) Total
1987–88 261
1988–89 284
1989–90 271
1990–91 229
11991–92 176
(a) HSEs administration areas covering Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Cheshire.
(b) Years commencing 1st April.
1 Provisional.

Questions about the work of police forces are for my right hon. and learned Friend the Home Secretary.

Ms. Eagle

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many deaths and major injuries have occurred on construction sites in the north-west in each of the last five years.

Mr. McLoughlin

The relevant information is given in the table.

Friend the Member of Gedling (Mr. Mitchell) on 1 December 1992, Official Report, columns 127–28. Estimates of demand for places at local level vary in precision and reliability. Changes are being introduced to improve the information my right hon. Friend receives. In November, TECs' planned provision for training exceeded the number of guarantee young people seeking training by about 7,000.

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