§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total amount spent by his Department for training in England in each year since 1989–90, the expected outturn in 1993–94, and plans for 1994–95 in 1993–94 prices and cash terms.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe information requested is given in the following table: 639W
Training expenditure 1989–90 to 1993–94 and plans for 1994–95 at 1993–94 prices, England1 2 £ million 1989–90 Cash 2,240 Real terms 2,760 1990–91 Cash 2,053 Real terms 2,340 1991–92 Cash 1,906 Real terms 2,043 1992–93 Cash 1,869 Real terms 1,930 1993–94 Estimated outturn 1,938 1994–95 (Plans)3 Cash 1,892 Real terms 1,819 1 Excludes European social fund. 2Excludes administration/running costs. 3 Excludes programmes transferring to the single regeneration budget. Since 1989–90, approaching 1 million young people have entered youth training. An estimated 133,000 have been helped in 1993–94; plans for 1994–95 are for 147,000 young people to enter the programme. YT funding for 1994–95 will be £692 million, which is £50 million more than the training and enterprise councils are forecast to spend this year. Further increases are planned for future years.
Training for work and its predecessors have helped almost 1.5 million unemployed people since 1989–90. Expenditure on TFW in England in 1994–95 will be £705 million: 115,000 places will be provided and 273,000 long-term unemployed people will be helped, compared with 240,000 in 1993–94.
In addition, this of course excludes money raised by TECs themselves, and the estimated £20 billion spent by employers on training each year.
§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total amount spent by his Department for training in Great Britain in each year since 1989–90, the expected outturn in 1993–94 and plans for 1994–95 in 1993–94 prices and cash terms.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe information requested is given in the table. The figures include training programme expenditure and administrative running costs.
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Training expenditure 1989–90 to 1993–94 andplans for 1994–95 at 1993–94 prices—Great Britain £ million 1989–90 Cash 2,940 Real terms 3,622 1990–91 Cash 2,802 Real terms 3,194 1991–92 Cash 2,694 Real terms 2,888
£ million 1992–93 Cash 2,693 Real terms 2,781 1993–94 Estimated outturn 2,828 Total planned expenditure for 1994–95 is available for England only. Planned expenditure for Wales and Scotland is the responsibility of my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and for Wales.