HC Deb 27 October 1994 vol 248 cc838-40W
Ms Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what were the numbers of(a) fatal, (b) major and (c) minor accidents on youth training and on training for work, shown by region, for the periods July to September 1993, January to March 1994, April to June 1994 and July to September 1994.

Mr. Paice

Table A gives the latest accident figures for youth training.

Table B gives the equivalent figures for training for work.

Notes:

  1. (a) Employment Department figures for accidents to trainees have been compiled on a similar basis to those for employees prepared by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). However, these figures include a number of accidents to trainees in educational establishments, and road traffic accidents which would not have been reportable to HSE for employees.
  2. (b) Major and minor injuries are classified according to the severity criteria laid down in the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985.
  3. (c) North West Region and North West (Greater Manchester) Region were restructured in the quarter ending 30 June 1994 to form part of the Government Offices for the North West and for Merseyside. At the same time, Northern Region became part of the Government Offices for North East.
  4. (d) Accidents figures requested for the period July to September 1994 are not yet available.

Table A: Youth Training
Region Fatal Major Minor
Accidents for the quarter July to September 1993
East Midlands 3 26
North East 6 36
Yorkshire and Humberside 1 12 71
North West 10 49
West Midlands 6 28
South West 4 39
South East 3 23
London 4 8
Eastern 5 24
North West (Greater Manchester) 3 21
Regional Totals 1 56 325
Accidents for the quarter January to March 1994
East Midlands 3 34
North East 9 49
Yorkshire and Humberside 9 85
North West 12 39
West Midlands 8 33
South West 4 23
South East 4 29
London 1 17
Eastern 4 21
North West (Greater Manchester) 6 22
Regional Totals 60 352
Accidents for the quarter April to June 1994
East Midlands 4 21
North East 8 56
Yorkshire and Humberside 5 50
North West 12 39
West Midlands 3 31
South West 5 20
South East 1 16
London 1 8
Eastern 3 28
Merseyside 1 11
Regional Totals 43 280
Table B: Training for work
Region Fatal Major Minor
Accidents for the quarter July to September 1993
East Midlands 3 15
North East 3 15
Yorkshire and Humberside 1 6 35
North West 13
West Midlands 11
South West 1 8
South East 5 2

YT/YTS TfW/ET/HTNT EAS/BSU Jobplan interviews Restart
ESF Support £ million per cent. ESF support £ million per cent. ESF support £ million per cent. ESF support £ million per cent. ESF support £ million per cent.
1991 115.81 2.06 1156.62 18.72 120.85 18.59
1992 114.78 2.28 1141.17 18.47 112.98 15.80
1993 233.04 4.80 2163.58 21.02 214.55 18.93 210.23 33.80 22.98 39.60
  • 1991: amounts claimed for programmes in Great Britain
  • 1992: amounts claimed for programmes in England and Wales
  • 1993: amounts applies for for programmes in England

Responsibility for claiming ESF support for programmes in Scotland and Wales was transferred to the Scottish and Welsh Offices with effect from 1992 and 1993 respectively.

1Amounts provided are final ESF claim totals.

2 Amounts provided are ESF applications totals and may be subject to change at final claims stage

Table B: Training for work
Region Fatal Major Minor
London 2
Eastern 4 4
North West (Greater Manchester) 5
Regional Totals 1 22 110
Accidents for the quarter January to March 1994
East Midlands 2 10
North East 2 13
Yorkshire and Humberside 5 20
North West 5 12
West Midlands 2 4
South West 3 10
South East 3 6
London 2
Eastern 9
North West (Greater Manchester) 7
Regional Totals 22 93
Accidents for the quarter April to June 1994
East Midlands 1 4
North East 3 22
Yorkshire and Humberside 3 24
North West 4 2
West Midlands 5 13
South West 6
South East 10
London 1 1
Eastern 4 8
Merseyside 2
Regional Totals 21 92

Ms Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the contribution from the European social fund towards(a) youth training/YTS, (b) training for work/employment training/employment action, and the previous programmes they replaced, (c) the business start-up allowance/enterprise allowance scheme, (d) non-advanced further education, (e) high technology national training, (f) employment rehabilitation centres and (g) jobstart allowances and other employment subsidy schemes, and the proportion of programme expenditure that represented in each year since 1991; what amount of support ESF will be providing to each programme in 1994–95; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Paice

The information available about European social fund support for eligible Government training programmes between 1991 and 1993 is provided in the table. Plans for ESF support for Government programmes in 1994 have yet to be finalised.

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