§ Mr. HunterTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of people unemployed for over six months each Employment Service regional office has referred to providers of training each month since January.
By each employment service region, percentage of people unemployed for over six months referred to training providers by month from January to October 1993 Northern Yorks. and Humber. East Midlands London and South East South West Wales West Midlands North West Scotland January 2.9 3.1 2.1 2.0 1.8 3.0 2.4 2.9 2.7 February 2.7 2.6 2.0 1.9 1.6 2.6 2.2 2.6 2.6 March 2.2 2.1 1.6 1.5 1.1 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.0 April 2.6 2.4 1.6 1.4 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 May 2.4 2.2 1.5 1.5 1.9 1.7 1.9 1.7 1.8 June 2.3 2.2 1.6 1.5 1.9 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.0 July 2.9 2.7 2.1 1.8 2.6 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.6 August 2.2 2.3 1.8 1.6 2.1 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.2 September 2.3 2.1 1.7 1.5 2.0 2.5 2.0 1.9 2.4 October 3.2 2.0 2.2 2.0 2.6 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.9 Sources: 1. Employment Service
2. NOMIS.
Note:—Training For Work replaced Employment Training and Employment Action in April of this year. The figures for January-March 1993 are the recorded referrals to Employment Training and Employment Action.