HC Deb 12 March 1992 vol 205 cc651-2W
Mr. Leighton

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of youth training leavers in the London borough of Newham were unemployed immediately after leaving in each of the last five years.

Mr. Jackson

Information is not available in the form requested.

Mr. Leighton

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the unit price for youth training places in each training and enterprise council and local enterprise company.

Mr. Jackson

Unit prices per training week delivered and per national vocational qualification achieved in YT are agreed in contracts between the Departmental and individual TECs and are commercially confidential. Matters relating to LECs are for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland.

Mr. Leighton

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of employment training leavers in the London borough of Newham in each of the last five years were unemployed within three months of leaving; and what percentage obtained qualifications.

Mr. Jackson

Information is not available in the precise form requested.

Employment training started in September 1988 and national follow-up of leavers started in July 1989. Results are given for the East London TEC area which includes the London borough of Newham. Those show that for the period July 1989 to June 1990, 57 per cent. of leavers were unemployed three months after leaving and 14 per cent. of all leavers gained a qualification or a credit towards one. For the period April 1990 to March 1991, 67 per cent. were unemployed three months after leaving and 23 per cent. of all leavers gained a qualification or a credit towards one.

Mr. Leighton

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of youth training leavers obtained qualifications in the London borough of Newham in each of the last five years.

Mr. Jackson

Reliable information is not available in the form requested. The results available are for the East London area office which included the London borough of Newham. Information is available for the periods April 1986 to March 1990 and shows that the percentage of YT leavers gaining qualifications was as follows: copies of which are in the Library. The most recent complete published set of figures, is in the February 1991 gazette and relates to June 1990, A partial set of figures, relating to June 1991, is in the February 1992 gazette.

The percentage of registered disabled people employed, on average by employers whose individual figures are in the gazette, together with estimated comparisons for the private sector, for the years 1986 to 1990, are in the table later comparable information is not yet available.

  • April 1989-March 1990 38 per cent.
  • April 1988-March 1989 39 per cent.
  • April 1987-March 1988 25 per cent.
  • April 1986-March 1987 11 per cent.