HC Deb 15 March 1994 vol 239 cc638-40W
Mr. Tony Lloyd

To 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 Widdecombe

The information requested is given in the following table:

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 Lloyd

To 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 Widdecombe

The information requested is given in the table. The figures include training programme expenditure and administrative running costs.

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.