§ Mr. HuttonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many employment training and youth training places were available in Barrow-in-Furness for each financial year since 1987; and what number will be available during 1992–93.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe information is not available in the form requested.
At the end of 1991–92 financial year, there were approximately 3,600 young people on YT and 1,200 people on ET in the Cumbria TEC area, of which Barrow-in-Furness is a part.
§ Mr. HuttonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of those completing employment training and youth training schemes in Barrow-in-Furness secured full-time employment in each of the years from 1987 onwards.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe following table provides all the information available for Barrow-in-Furness and for the Cumbria TEC area which includes Barrow-in-Furness.
PQ 3211/1992 Per cent. Leavers completing agreed training entering full-time employment1 Employment training Youth training scheme/ youth training Cumbria Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria 1987–88 n/a2 n/a4 76 1988–89 n/a3 91 86 1989–90 n/a4 90 86 1990–91 43 n/a5 82 April—July 1991 29 n/a5 n/a4 1 Including self-employment. 2 Programme not operating. 3 No follow-up survey of leavers in operation. 4 Not available because of low number of responses. 5 Information no longer available. Sources: ET National follow up survey YTS/YT National follow up survey.
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Table 1—Establishments found failing to post wages council notices—1991 Wages councils London South East East South West Mids North West Yorkshire and Humberside North Scotland Great Britain Aerated waters — — — — — — — 1 — 1 Clothing manufacturing 38 2 2 6 68 22 10 5 5 158 Boot and shoe repairing 2 2 1 7 3 1 5 — 1 22 Button manufacturing — — — — — — — — — 0 Coffin furniture and Cerement making — — — — — — — — — 0
§ Mr. HuttonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what additional training schemes in Barrow and Furness are being proposed by his Department for 1992–93 and 1993–94 to help those employees made redundant from VSEL secure new employment; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. McLoughlinCumbria training and enterprise council (TEC) is responsible for training in Barrow and Furness.
The chief executive of Cumbria TEC has already contacted the hon. Member to arrange a meeting at which he will brief the hon. Member on the efforts the TEC has made to create opportunities for the potential and present work force of Barrow.
§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list for each local enterprise company area in Scotland and for Scotland and Great Britain as a whole, for the year 1990–91, the total costs of provision of employment training, and the shares going to(a) trainees and (b) training providers.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe total cost of employment training in 1990–91 was £1,076 million in Great Britain, of which £527 million was paid to trainees in allowances. It is not possible to identify separately the amounts paid to training providers.
Costs for 1990–91 cannot be identified separately for Scotland.
Local enterprise companies (LECS) did not become operational until 1 April 1991; therefore, expenditure information by LEC area for 1990–91 is not available.