Training

HC Deb 16 June 1992 vol 209 cc492-3W

Mr. Cummings

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many training places have been available in the Easington constituency in the years 1988–89, 1989–90 and 1990–91.

Mr.McLoughlin

The information regarding the number of training places in Easington is not collected.

Since 1 October 1990, training in Easington has been the responsibility of County Durham training and enterprise council (TEC). At 29 March 1992, there were an estimated 4,400 people in training on youth training and an estimated 3,400 people in training on employment training in the County Durham TEC area.

Mr. Cummings

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many 16 and 17-year-olds who are not in employment or education are not at present on youth training programmes in the Seaham and Peterlee areas.

Mr. McLoughlin

I understand from the local careers service, which covers the Seaham and Peterlee areas, that there are currently 165 young people in the area who are registered with it as not in employment or education and who are not in youth training.

Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what information she has on the skills being learned by employment training trainees.

Mr. McLoughlin

A range of management and evaluation information is collected by the Department about employment training (ET). Employment training is providing unemployed people with the skills necessary for them to get jobs in an increasingly competitive and challenging labour market.

Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what means she has to assess the quality of ET.

Mr. McLoughlin

Both nationally and locally the quality of ET is assessed through a number of different measures. These include the achievement of targets for positive outcomes and vocational qualifications; analysis of a range of performance indicators and other management information; and regular and ad hoc surveys and evaluation studies.

Ms. Coffey

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will make a statement about vacant training in engineering places in Stockport because of the inability of the training and enterprise council to fund young people to take them up.

Mr. McLoughlin

Through youth training, 430 young people in the Stockport TEC area are being funded in engineering training. I am assured by the TEC that no other young people have expressed an interest in engineering training under youth training.