HC Deb 14 April 1993 vol 222 cc594-5W
Mr. Tony Lloyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people participated in(a) employment training, (b) youth training and (c) employment action in Great Britain in 1989–90, 1990–91 and 1991–92; and at what average cost per trainee in (i) cash terms and (ii) 1992–93 prices.

Mr. McLoughlin

The information requested is given in the following tables:

Table 1
Great Britain—Number of Starts Employment training, youth training and employment action April 1989 to March 1992
(Numbers)
April 1989-March 1990 April 1990-March 1991 April 1991-March 1992
Employment training 430,600 394,100 291,600
Youth training 383,800 347,800 293,000
Employment action n/a n/a 19,300

Source: SPECTRUM, OSMOSIS, Scotland and Wales management Information and ET Starts Database.

Notes:

Employment action did not start until 1 October 1991, therefore no figures are available for 1989–90 and 1990–91.

1991–92 figures are provisional estimates.

Youth training includes youth credits.

Table 2
Great Britain Employment training, youth training and employment action April 1989 to March 1992
Cost per trainee in(i) cash terms and (ii) 1992–93 prices
(£'s)
April 1989-March 1990 April 1990-March 1991 April 1991-March 1992
Employment training
(i) 5,404 5,384 6,014
(ii) 6,443 5,944 6,224
Youth training
(i) 2,620 2,375 2,735
(ii) 3,124 2,622 2,831
Employment action
(i) n/a n/a 6,100
(ii) n/a n/a 6,314

Source: Departmental Report and HM Treasury's GDP deflators.

Notes: Unit cost figures are calculated from the average numbers in training over the year.

Employment action did not start until 1 October 1991, therefore no figures are available for 1989–90 and 1990–91.

The EA unit cost figure for 1991–92 is an accruals unit cost, which takes the expenditure back to the year in which the participant weeks are delivered.

Unit cost figures for Employment Training and Employment Action differ slightly from the figures published in the 1993 departmental report as the departmental report figures covered England only. All figures at 1992–93 prices were calculated using the latest published version (17/3/93) of HM Treasury's GDP deflators.

Youth training includes youth credits.

Mr. Tony Lloyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will list every training programme and employment initiative by her Department with the month and year of its inception and demise and the number of participants since 1979.

Mr. McLoughlin

The information requested is not kept centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment further to the answer of 3 March,Official Report, column 209, about amounts spent on training programmes, what are the equivalent figures for 1992–93.

Mr. McLoughlin

This information is not yet available. I shall write to the hon. Member giving the figures requested, when the information for 1992–93 is complete.