§ Ms ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many employers in each training and enterprise council area in England have been given the investors in people award; how many have made a commitment to meeting the standard; and if he will make a statement.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe number of investors in people awards and commitments at 26 November by English training and enterprise council area is shown in the table.
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Awards Commitments Avon 10 128 AZTEC 6 40 Barnsley and Doncaster 6 37 Bedfordshire 8 85 Birmingham 8 18 Bolton-Bury 4 39 Bradford 2 74 CAMBSTEC 2 27 CEWTEC 9 28 CILNTEC 1 27 Calderdale and Kirklees 1 44 Central England 8 23 CENTEC 4 30 County Durham 8 32 Coventry and Warwickshire 5 39 Cumbria 2 53 Devon and Cornwall 24 73 Dorset 14 79 Dudley 1 24 ELTEC 7 106 Essex 5 23 Gloucestershire 26 345 Greater Nottingham 3 66 Greater Peterborough 1 13 HAWTEC 6 49 Hampshire 14 184 Heart of England 9 41 Hertfordshire 3 28 Humberside 7 98 Isle of Wight 0 8 Kent 2 41 LAWTEC 3 56 Leeds 7 78 Leicestershire 0 44 Lincolnshire 1 68 London East 3 30 METROTEC 5 28 Manchester 4 79 Merseyside 7 118 Milton Keynes I 11 NORMIDTEC 7 50
Awards Commitments Norfolk and Waveney 8 19 North Derbyshire 7 36 North London 1 62 North Nottinghamshire 6 36 North West London 2 30 North Yorkshire 7 73 Northamptonshire 5 43 Northumberland 4 12 Oldham 0 18 QUALITEC 0 12 Rochdale 1 10 Rotherham 5 31 SOLOTEC 1 27 Sandwell 1 22 Sheffield 3 51 Shropshire 4 31 Somerset 4 53 South and East Cheshire 7 48 South Thames 3 53 Southern Derbyshire 12 104 Staffordshire 4 17 Stockport and High Peak 0 59 Suffolk 4 48 Surrey 6 37 Sussex 8 84 Teesside 7 42 Thames Valley Enterprise 20 99 Tyneside 12 85 Wakefield 2 22 Walsall 2 27 Wearside 2 14 West London 1 44 Wiltshire 8 53 Wolverhampton 3 27 At 26 November 1993, over 470 organisations in the United Kingdom had achieved the investors standard while over 4,330 had formally committed to achieving the standard.
This is encouraging progress and demonstrates that employers are serious about their most valuable resource —their people. Over 10 per cent. of employees in employment are now covered by organisations recognised as or committed to investors in people.