HC Deb 23 June 1992 vol 210 cc177-9W
Mr. Janner

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the minimum, the maximum and the average period of employment training of people who join employment training and who are in employment or self-employment within three months after leaving.

Mr. McLoughlin

Trainees leaving employment training in Great Britain in the period April to August 1991, the latest date for which information is available, who were in employment or self-employment three months after leaving had spent a minimum of one day and a maximum of about 18 months in training. On average such trainees spend about six and a half months on ET.

notified to those authorities as requiring an off-site emergency plan under the Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1984 and (b) the number of such notified sites for which the Health and Safety Executive is still awaiting the production of a safety case as specified by the regulations.

Mr. McLoughlin

The information is not available in the form requested.

The table shows the number of sites notified to each Health and Safety Executive area office as at 31 December 1991, and which are required by the Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1984 to provide information to the relevant local authority so that it may prepare an off-site emergency plan. The table also shows, by area, the number of safety reports required to be submitted to the Health and Safety Executive in accordance with regulation 7 of the Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards Regulations and which were outstanding at 31 December 1991.

Mr. Janner

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment for every 100 people who join employment training, how many are in employment or self-employment six months, nine months and 12 months after leaving, respectively.

Mr. McLoughlin

Information is not available in the precise form requested. Of those trainees leaving employment training in Great Britain in the period April to August 1991, the latest date for which information is available, 30 per cent. were in employment or self-employment three months after leaving and 31 per cent. after six months. Information is not available on leavers' status at nine and 12 months after leaving.

Mr. Leighton

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many employment training places there are in the London borough of Newham; and what was the comparable position last year.

Mr. McLoughlin

The information regarding the number of ET places available in the London borough of Newham is not collected. Since 1 April 1991, training in Newham has been the responsibility of London East training and enterprise council, LETEC. At 29 March 1992, there were an estimated 3,600 people in training on ET in the LETEC area.