HC Deb 30 November 1993 vol 233 cc508-9W
21. Mr. Connarty

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people leaving employment training got a job in the last quarter for which figures are available.

Miss Widdecombe

The latest quarter for which figures are available is October 1992 to December 1992. Thirty-one per cent. of all employment training leavers in that quarter went into a job—slightly more than in the same period in 1991. In April 1993, employment training was replaced by training for work.

Ms Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many people were participating in(a) training for work—employment training/employment action, (b) community action, (c) learning for work, (d) workstart pilots, (e) North Norfolk Action, (f) the business start-up allowance, and (g) youth training for each region and for Great Britain as a whole in each month since March; and if he will make a statement;

(2) what number and percentage of those leaving employment training—training for work—were immediately on leaving, three months after leaving, and then six months after leaving, either (a) in a full-time job with their work experience employer, (b) in a full-time job with another employer, (c) employed in their own business, (d) in a part-time job, (e) in voluntary work, (f) on another Government training programme, (g) on a full-time education or training course, (h) unemployed and claiming benefit, (i) unemployed and not claiming benefit, (j) in a job club and (k) doing something else, in each region and for Great Britain as a whole.

Miss Widdecombe

As the information is contained in a large number of tables, I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of the letter in the Library.

Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide a table showing for each standard region, with Greater London shown as a separate region, the total expenditure in 1992–93, and the budgeted expenditure in 1993–94, 1994–95 and 1995–96, in respect of(a) programme development fund, (b) education business partnerships, (c) teacher placement service, (d) compacts/inner-city compacts, (e) business start-up scheme, (f) local initiative fund and (g) TEC challenge.

Miss Widdecombe

Total expenditure for 1992–93 and budgeted expenditure for 1993–94 are shown in the following tables, table 1 for programmes delivered through training and enterprise councils—TECs.

Training, enterprise and education directorate—TEED—regional offices are currently finalising contracts with TECs for TEC challenge and the information requested is not yet available.

Programme development funds are administered through the Employment Service whose regional boundaries are different from those of TEED. The information for these funds is shown in table 2.

Budgets for 1994–95 and 1995–96 will be the responsibility of the Department of the Environment following the announcement on 4 November of integrated regional offices.

Table 1
Total expenditure for 1992–93 and programme plans for 1993–94
Education business partnerships Teacher placement service Compacts/Inner city compacts
Total expenditure 1992–93 Programme plans 1993–94 Total expenditure 1992–93 Programme plans 1993–94 Total expenditure 1992–93 Programme plans 1993–94
South East 271,471 175,000 388,568 364,178 114,459 315,000
London 274,652 290,668 237,950 292,014 918,915 825,000
Eastern 154,953 115,000 184,065 247,697 110,210 230,000
South West 172,991 129,730 208,369 217,719 246,551 317,250
West Midlands 220,830 232,000 264,759 267,186 643,424 501,500
East Midlands 140,930 115,000 215,871 195,995 256,363 392,000
Yorkshire and Humberside 189,346 165,000 221,173 244,957 729,518 592,844
Greater Manchester 144,330 147,000 157,967 162,000 782,052 466,800
North West 132,460 143,000 190,624 225,000 697,298 818,000
Northern 105,251 120,001 127,161 133,427 661,576 689,000
England Total 1,807,214 1,632,399 2,196,507 2,350,173 5,160,366 5,147,394

Local initiative fund Business start up scheme
total expenditure programme plans total expenditure programme plans
1992–93 1993–94 1992–93 1993–94
South East 7,410,321 4,616,703 6,965,460 8,579,810
London 7,433,386 5,461,092 7,430,643 11,769,267
Eastern 2,337,807 2,844,697 2,542,104 5,719,354
South West 6,369,115 4,598,444 6,949,773 9,342,602
West Midlands 4,531,111 3,696,004 7,485,364 9,683,651
East Midlands 4,369,307 3,145,000 6,136,123 7,418,052
Yorkshire and Humberside 5,123,362 8,558,600 8,743,013 11,199,176
Greater Manchester 3,479,910 2,844,697 6,023,815 5,719,354
North West 2,320,109 2,740,000 6,158,712 8,113,254
Northern 6,325,669 3,567,248 3,789,207 5,290,509
England total 49,700,097 42,072,485 62,224,214 82,835,029

Total expenditure for 1992–93 and programme plans for 1993–94
Programme development fund
Total expenditure 1992–93 Programme plans 1993–94
London and South East 591,164 744,987
South West 362,774 325,000
West Midlands 454,464 375,000
East Midlands 322,718 979,000
Yorkshire and Humberside 512,022 500,000
North West 491,330 460,000
Northern 712,836 555,000
England Total 3,447,308 3,938,987