§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each local enterprise company area in Scotland and for Scotland and Great Britain as a 'whole, for the latest available period, the wages earned by employment training trainees who three months after leaving were(a) in a full-time job, (b) in a part-time job and (c) self employed.
§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 2 June 1992]: The information requested is not available, in all the categories requested, for individual local enterprise company areas. Data about leavers are obtained through a survey which started in July 1989. Returns from leavers are incomplete; and information is therefore only available at the level of Scotland and for Great Britain. The survey shows that for trainees leaving the programme between August 1990 and July 1991 and in employment six months afterwards net weekly earnings were as follows:
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percentage Area up to £100 up to £200 £200 and over prefer not to say Scotland Full-time work 26 47 13 15 Part-time work 81 7 1 11 Self-employment 54 17 6 23 Great Britain Full-time work 24 53 10 14 Part-time work 78 10 1 11 Self-employment 42 19 8 30
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has about the level of private sector financial contributions to government training schemes; how many youth training places have been offered by the private sector in each of the past five years; and what has been the average cost to public funds of a youth training place in real and actual terms in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 16 June 1992]: Information about the level of private sector financial contributions to Government training schemes in the last five years and about the number of youth training places offered by the private sector from 1987–88 to 1990–91 is not available. The number since April 1991 is not held centrally and can be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, the youth training leavers survey—to which not all leavers respond—shows that, in Scotland in 1991–92, an estimated 61 per cent. of youth training leavers trained with employer-led organisations or other private sector training providers. Information about the average cost to public funds in each of the past five years of a youth training place, in actual terms and at 1992–93 price levels, is available only for Great Britain as a whole and is set out in the table.
Youth Training unit price per annum in Great Britain for 1987–88 to 1991–92 £ Actual At 1992–93 price levels 1987–88 2,600 3,595 1988–89 2,527 3,258 1989–90 2,620 3,169 1990–91 2,375 2,656 11991–92 2,732 2,855 1 Provisional figure, subject to revision. A 1991–92 figure for Scotland will be available when checking of the relevant information has been completed and I will write to the hon. Member on that point.
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people are currently on(a) youth training and (b) employment training in Scotland; and how many of these training programmes involve work experience with an employer.
§ Mr. Allan Stewart[holding answer 10 July 1992]: In Scotland, the latest available information indicates that at the end of May 1992 there were 35,206 people on youth training and 16,402 on employment training. The majority of trainees receive work experience as part of their training; however information about the exact numbers receiving such experience is not held centrally.