HC Deb 29 June 1992 vol 210 cc372-3W
Mr. Deva

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what targets have been set for the Training and Employment Agency for Northern Ireland for the period 1992 to 1995.

Mr. Atkins

The following are the targets which have been set for the Training and Employment Agency for the period 1992–95:

  1. 1. To increase the number of companies developing their management and work force skills from 125 at April 1992 to 225 by March 1993 and to 500 by March 1995.
  2. To increase by 10 per cent per year the proportion of potential entrants into employment with high levels of attainment as measured by qualification.
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  3. 3. In 1992–93 to place 30,000 people into jobs and 15,500 people into training and other agency schemes.
  4. 4. To provide every inward-investment company referred to the agency by the Industrial Development Board with relevant information, advice and customised training.
  5. 5. To maintain customer satisfaction levels and where possible increase them.
  6. 6. To reduce administration costs by at least 2 per cent. yearly.
  7. 7. To establish by March 1993 an initial baseline of unit costs for agency programmes on a full economic cost basis.
  8. 8. To meet for the agency the national Investors in People standard by 31 March 1994.

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