HC Deb 29 October 1992 vol 212 cc771-2W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will list the training providers within each training and enterprise council in Wales, indicating the number of training places offered, and the number of disabled trainees currently granted placement;

(2) if he will list the large company unit schemes offering training within each training and enterprise council area in Wales indicating the number of trainees on each scheme, and the proportion of disabled trainees on each scheme.

Sir Wyn Roberts

The information requested is not available centrally. Local training provision is the responsibility of individual training and enterprise councils which are under contract to make sufficient suitable places available to meet the demand from disabled persons.

Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are the total numbers of disabled trainees currently on(a) employer led training schemes and (b) voluntary sector training schemes within each training and enterprise council area in Wales.

Sir Wyn Roberts

This information is not collected centrally. The type of training provision made available locally is the responsibility of individual training and enterprise councils.

Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are the total number of trainees on youth training schemes within each training and enterprise council in Wales; how many disabled trainees there are within each area; and if he will indicate the numbers of disabled trainees according to training occupational classification.

Sir Wyn Roberts

The number of trainees on youth training at 13 September in each TEC area in Wales is set out in the table.

Information on the numbers of disabled young people in training and their occupational routes is not collected separately but over the six months to September, 1.2 per cent. of those commencing youth training were disabled.

Numbers on youth training on 13 September 1992
TEC Number in training
Gwent 2,456
Mid Glamorgan 2,548
South Glamorgan 1,685
North East Wales 1,355
North West Wales 1,851
Powys 533
West Wales 3,803
WALES 14,231

Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of the 1989–90 and the 1990–91 trainee intake on to youth training placements within each training and enterprise council area in Wales are currently in full-time employment; and what proportion of disabled trainees over the same period are currently in full-time employment.

Sir Wyn Roberts

The information as requested is not available.