Employment Training (Hansard, 26 January 1993)

§ Mr. Alex Carlile
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of people graduating from employment training courses have gone on to full-time work in each year since the scheme was set up.

§ Mr. McLoughlin
The information required is given in the following table:
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§ Mr. Leighton
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the current United Kingdom figure for unemployment on the International Labour Organisation International basis.

§ Mr. McLoughlin
Estimates of unemployment on the ILO definition are available from the Department's labour force survey (LFS) which is conducted quarterly for Great Britain and annually for Northern Ireland. In addition the OECD uses the quarterly LFS estimates as benchmarks to calculate a monthly seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the United Kingdom on the ILO definition. The latest available information is as follows:

Employment training: Great Britain
Full-time work—Three months after leaving
Trainees completing agreed training

Period of leaving In full-time work² Per cent.

July 1989¹ to March 1990 35

April 1990 to March 1991 29

April 1991 to March 1992 26

Source: Employment Training National Follow-up Survey.
¹ First month follow-up results available.
² Including self-employment.

Employment training: Great Britain Full-time work—Three months after leaving Trainees completing agreed training
Period of leaving	In full-time work² Per cent.
July 1989¹ to March 1990	35
April 1990 to March 1991	29
April 1991 to March 1992	26