§ Mr. PawseyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the estimated number of people who find permanent work as a result of the training enterprise councils.
§ Mr. PaiceInformation is not available about the full impact of training and enterprise councils in helping people find permanent work. However, in England and Wales, 52 per cent. of those leaving youth training and 35 per cent. of those leaving training for work between April and December 1993 were in employment six months after finishing training.
§ Mr. PawseyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons were trained by TECs in 1993–94.
§ Mr. PaiceDuring 1993–94, there were 566,100 starts on youth training and training for work in England and Wales. At the latest date for which information is available, July 1994, there were 357,000 people in training on these programmes.
§ Ms ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the outturn expenditure given to each TEC in England in 1992–93 at 1993–94 prices; and what is the budget for each TEC in 1993–94 in total and broken down in the same way as given in the written answer of 18 February 1993,Official Report, column 341.
§ Ms ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment which TECs are using adult training credits within their training for work provision; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. PaiceThe following English training and enterprise councils are understood to be using a form of adult training credit within their training for work provision:
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- South and East Cheshire TEC;
- Hertfordshire TEC;
- Bedfordshire TEC;
- Milton Keynes TEC;
- Cambridgeshire TEC.