HC Deb 06 December 1993 vol 234 cc49-50W
Ms Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many applications for loans under the career development scheme have been made in 1993–94 for each region and for Great Britain as a whole; how many have been rejected; how many women have been awarded loans; how many training for work-employment training participants have been awarded loans endorsed by their training and enterprise council or local enterprise company; what have been the successful course completion rates in each region; how much has been awarded in total for each region; how much has been recovered; and if he will make a statement.

Miss Widdecombe

Information by region on the number of loans approved under the career development loan scheme, numbers of applications rejected, number of loans approved for women, value of loans approved and the successful course completion rate are shown in the tables. The information given is for the period April 1993 to the end of October 1993.

Details of the number of training for work and employment training participants and of the amount of money repaid are not available.

Further information on career development loans can be found in the 1992–93 annual report, a copy of which is available in the Library.

Region Number of loans approved Rejected applications Number of loans for women
Northern 202 101 65
Greater Manchester 119 102 39
North West 331 140 125
Yorkshire and Humberside 467 188 185
West Midlands 432 139 154
East Midlands 407 120 145
Eastern 490 190 163
south East 843 334 331
London 1,509 961 576
South West 506 127 181
Wales 234 58 75
Scotland 659 296 220
Great Britain 6,199 2,756 2,259

Region Value of loans (£) Course completion rate (Per cent.)
Northern 456,838 57
Greater Manchester 280,651 46
North West 837,531 53

Region Value of loans(£) Course completion rate (Per cent.)
Yorkshire and Humberside 971,190 81
West Midlands 1,152,446 78
East Midlands 982,577 71
Eastern 1,305,605 73
South East 1,983,421 77
London 4,125,676 81
South West 1,172,845 68
Wales 559,665 79
Scotland 1,392,886 68
Great Britain 15,221,330 73