HC Deb 03 June 1992 vol 208 cc595-7W
Mr. Dewar

To 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 qualifications gained by employment training trainees, and any credits towards qualifications.

Vocational qualification and level achieved
March 1992 1 April 1991 to 31 March 1992
Local enterprise company I II III IV I II III IV
Argyll and Islands Enterprise 1
Inverness and Nairn Enterprise 9 8 5
Orkney Enterprise 4
Ross and Cromarty Enterprise 5
Western Isles Enterprise 1 26 24 7
Enterprise Ayrshire Ltd. 43 7 227 79 35 0
Forth Valley Enterprise 8 16 2 83 163 20 25
Dunbartonshire Enterprise 3 1 117 26 10
Dumfries and Galloway Enterprise 7 82 12
Fife Enterprise 4 20 25 9
Glasgow Development Agency 158 62 5 755 258 67
Grampian Enterprise 5 5 4 8
Lanarkshire Development Agency 30 405 44 36
Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise 6 15 1 90 105 71
Renfrewshire Enterprise 38 23 397 124 4
Scottish Enterprise Tayside 3 138 36 34
Moray, Badenoch and Strathspey Enterprise 30 19 1

employment training ex-trainees who were (a) self-employed, (b) in a job club, (c) unemployed and claiming benefit, (d) unemployed and not claiming benefit, and (e) other.

Mr. Lang

[holding answer 2 June 1992]: The information, disaggregated by local enterprise company area in those cases where sufficient information is available, is set out in the table.

Mr. Lang

[holding answer 2 June 1992]: The figures shown in the table list the full vocational qualifications gained by employment training trainees within each local enterprise company area and for Scotland as a whole both during March 1992 and over the full year (1 April 1991 to 31 March 1992). Information is not collected in this form on credits gained towards vocational qualifications.

March 1992 1 April 1991 to 31 March 1992
Local enterprise company I II III IV I II III IV
Scotland 302 128 10 2,385 936 297 35

The most reliable information for Great Britain as a whole is available on a different basis. The relevant figures, expressed in percentage terms, are:

Per cent.
Worked for qualification or credit 45
Gained qualification or credit 30
Not gained qualification or credit 12
Awaiting results 3
Completed agreed training 49

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