HC Deb 02 December 1994 vol 250 c931W
Mr. Barron

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what has been the total training budget in each of the last 10 years in(a) cash terms and (b) real terms;

(2) what was the total amount spent on training in each of the last 10 years; and what that figure represents per unemployed person.

Mr. Paice

The table shows expenditure on the Department's training and education programmes:

£ million
Year Cash Real
1984–85 1,171 1,942
1985–86 1,289 2,025
1986–87 1,474 2,250
1987–88 1,650 2,391
1988–89 2,044 2,776
1989–90 2,606 3,309
1990–91 2,463 2,894
1991–92 1,995 2,205
1992–93 1,683 1,790
1993–94 1,910 1,967

Notes:

Expenditure up to and including 1990–91 is for Great Britain.

Expenditure in 1991–92 is England/Wales and expenditure from 1992–93 is England only.

Real terms figures are at 1994–95 levels.

Mr. Barron

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the amount spent on training by

Youth training TWs Training for work TWs
Offered Undertaken Offered Undertaken
Lincolnshire TEC 209,998 204,945 1 91,057
Humberside TEC 324,575 303,099 149,625 147,500
1 In April 1993 Lincolnshire TEC became a training for work funding pilot and was contracted to deliver output only and not training weeks.