§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total expenditure on(a) employment training and (b) youth training in 1993–94 by districts within the Yorkshire and Humberside region; and how many (i) males and (ii) females were on such schemes.
§ Mr. PaiceThe information is not available in the format requested.
Employment training, which was one of the Government's measures for helping the long-term unemployed, was incorporated into training for work from April 1993. Figures are only available by the areas covered by the training and enterprise councils in Yorkshire and Humberside.
1096WThe table shows provisional expenditure, by TEC, for 1993–94 for youth training, including youth credits and training for work.
Training and enterprise councils Youth training (£ million Training for work (£ million) Barnsley/Doncaster 11.911 8.506 Bradford 10.548 3.904 Calderdale/Kirklees 10.149 5.601 Humberside 15.871 8.529 Leeds 6.856 5.452 North Yorkshire 7.081 2.921 Rotherham 5.236 2.923 Sheffield 8.332 6.393 Wakefield 4.126 3.247 Total 80.111 47.476 The training for work figures do not include allowance payments paid to unemployed participants by the Employment Service at a rate equivalent to the participants former benefit entitlement plus £10 per week.
During 1993–94 the number of males who entered training on these programmes was 18,216—YT and YC—and 30,583—TfW—and the number of females who entered training was 13,440—YT and YC—and 11,695—TfW.
§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the programmes for which his Department is responsible for directly or via agents for training employed people or provide on-the-job training; and what funding is available for each scheme.
§ Mr. Paice[holding answer 19 December 1994]: The primary responsibility for training employed people rests with their employers. However, the Government are encouraging them to invest in the training and development of their work forces through:
Employer investment in people provision—in 1994–95 up to £63 million is available through training and enterprise councils;Small firms training loans—in 1994–95 up to £2.03 million is expected to be made available through the participating banks;Career development loans—in 1994–95 up to £61 million is expected to be made available through the participating banks.In addition, from 1 April 1995 the Government will be making available some £63 million over three years for skills for small businesses.
§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what progress has been made on the appointment of independent inspectors for NVQ and other qualifications obtained in the course of youth training scheme and training for work funded training programmes.
§ Mr. Paice[holding answer 19 December 1994]: The plans of the National Council for Vocational Qualifications are well advanced. We look to recruitment of field staff to be under way by April 1995. Inspectors will monitor the performance of national vocational qualification centres only, across all centres including those active in youth training and training for work.