§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment for each region, and for Great Britain as a whole, how many applications for loans under the career development scheme have been made in 1992 and how many have been rejected; how many women have been awarded loans; how many employment training participants have been awarded loans; what have been the successful course completion rates in each region; how much has been awarded in total for each region and how much has been recovered; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. McLoughlinInformation by region on the number of loans approved under the career development loan scheme, numbers of applications rejected, number of loans approved for women, the value of loans approved and the successful course completion rate are shown in the tables. The information given is for the period October 1991 to the end of September 1992.
Details of the number of ET participants and of the amount of money repaid are not available.
Further information on career development loans can be found in the 1991–92 annual report. This will be published in mid-November and a copy will be placed in the Library.
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Region Number of loans approved Rejected applications Number of loans for women South East 2,028 713 669 London 2,068 1,081 757 East Anglia 383 164 122 South West 1,066 247 346 West Midlands 580 216 196 East Midlands 553 182 132 Yorkshire and Humberside 710 507 234 North West 645 504 201 Northern 450 140 124 Wales 341 126 129 Scotland 940 290 258 Great Britain 9,764 4,170 3,168
Region Value of loans (£) Course completion rate Per cent. South East 5,705,941 81 London 6,097,653 85 East Anglia 903,894 77 South West 2,611,040 84 West Midlands 1,498,780 72 East Midlands 1,341,318 75 Yorkshire and Humberside 1,799,379 78 North West 1,698,611 73 Northern 1,106,255 70 Wales 1,001,640 78 Scotland 2,277,714 77 Great Britain 26,042,225 79