§ Ms ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many applications for loans under the career development scheme have been made in 1994–95 for each region and for Great Britain as a whole and how many have been rejected; how many women have been awarded loans; how many training for work participants have been awarded loans endorsed by their training and enterprise council or local enterprise company; what have been the successful course completion rates in each region; how much has been awarded in total for each region and how much has been recovered; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. PaiceInformation by region on the number of loans approved under the career development loan scheme; numbers of applications rejected; number of loans approved for women; the value of loans approved and the successful course completion rate are shown in the following tables. The information given is for the period 1 April 1994 to 30 September 1994.
Details of the number of training for work participants and of the amount of money repaid are not available.
Further information on career development loans can be found in the 1993–94 annual report, a copy of which is available in the Library.
Region Number of loans approved
Rejected applications
Number of loans for
women
North East 171 46 49 Merseyside 107 36 53 North West 271 116 89 Yorks and Humberside
414 138 152 West Midlands
314 112 117 East Midlands
249 96 86 Eastern 358 129 130 South East 816 283 333 London 1,315 877 466 South West 494 129 192 Wales 186 44 67 Scotland 505 237 164 Great Britain 5,200 2,243 1,898 569W
Region Value of loans (£)
Course completion
rate (per
cent.)
North East 572,646 78 Merseyside 399,492 61 North West 970,014 80 Yorkshire and Humberside 1,437,740 74 West Midlands 1,009,404 71 East Midlands 757,669 67 Eastern 1,183,131 72 South East 3,041,895 82 London 4,915,906 76 South West 1,802,144 66 Wales 625,909 74 Scotland 1,502,811 86 Great Britain 18,218,761 75
§ Ms ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people(a) are currently on a course which has been supported by a career development loan, (b) are repaying a career development loan, (c) have had recovery action taken against them because they have defaulted on the loan and (d) have had to defer repayments of their career development loan because of hardship for each region and for Great Britain as a whole; what is the average amount of loan taken out; an if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. PaiceInformation by region on the number of people currently in training supported by a career development loan and the number of people currently repaying a loan is shown in the following table.
Details of the number of people who have had recovery action taken against them because they defaulted on the loan are not available. No information is held on the number of trainees who have had to defer repayment on loans due to hardship.
At 30 September 1994, the average loan amount for loans taken out in the current financial year was £3,159.
Region Number currently in
training
Number currently
repaying loans
North East 168 1,605 Merseyside 96 838 North West 272 2,502 Yorks and Humberside 413 3,304 West Midlands 328 2,548 East Midlands 273 2,320 Eastern 365 3,664 South East 842 5,184 London 1,309 8,797 South West 512 3,689 Wales 187 1,460 Scotland 545 3,736 Great Britain 5,310 39,647