§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many women are currently on Government training schemes by(a) training scheme and (b) individual TEC; and what is the overall figure as a percentage of the overall number of trainees on Government training schemes.
§ Mr. PaiceThe information requested is given in the following table. The information covers those leaving youth training and training for work between April and September 1994. As these figures are estimated from incomplete information, it is possible only to give the percentage of women leavers and not the actual numbers.
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April 1994 to September 1994 England and Wales and TECs Percentage of youth training leavers who were female Percentage of training for work leavers who were female England and Wales 42 30 Bedfordshire TEC 41 29 Central and South Cambridgeshire TEC 39 32 North Derbyshire TEC 37 20 South Derbyshire TEC 47 37 Leicestershire TEC 43 29 Lincolnshire TEC 43 39 Norfolk and Waveney TEC 38 28 Northamptonshire TEC 47 30 Greater Nottingham TEC 41 23 North Nottinghamshire TEC 46 25 Greater Peterborough TEC 38 32 Suffolk TEC 45 31 County Durham TEC 38 23 Northumberland TEC 43 34 Teeside TEC 40 26 Tyneside TEC 39 25 Wearside TEC n/a 25 Barnsley and Doncaster TEC 42 25 Bradford TEC 40 22 Calderdale—Kirklees 42 35 Humberside TEC 38 31 Leeds TEC 43 36 Rotherham TEC 43 22 Sheffield TEC 43 25 Wakefield TEC 40 16 North Yorkshire TEC 41 33 Bolton—Bury TEC 45 27 North Chesire TEC 46 33 South and East Chesire TEC 32 30 Cumbria TEC 41 36 East Lancashire TEC 40 32 West Lancashire TEC 42 28 Central Manchester TEC 42 24 Merseyside TEC n/a 31 Oldham TEC 48 31 Rochdale TEC 43 26 St. Helens TEC 39 25 Stockport—High Peak n/a n/a Wigan TEC 45 27 Wirral—Chester TEC 45 37 Birmingham TEC n/a n/a
April 1994 to September 1994 England and Wales and TECs Percentage of youth training leavers who were female Percentage of training for work leavers who were female Central England TEC 46 38 Coventry—Warwickshire TEC 43 30 Dudley TEC 45 22 Hereford—Worcestershire TEC 40 32 Sandwell TEC 45 28 Shropshire TEC 37 37 Staffordshire TEC 42 24 Walsall TEC 53 30 Wolverhampton TEC 46 36 Mid Glamorgan TEC 32 24 South Glamorgan TEC n/a n/a Gwent TEC 40 29 Powys TEC 39 34 North East Wales TEC 42 28 North West Wales TEC 44 34 West Wales TEC 34 27 Avon TEC 46 36 Devon—Cornwall TEC n/a 27 Dorset TEC 40 26 Gloucester TEC 42 25 Somerset TEC 39 28 Wiltshire TEC 39 31 Essex TEC 44 35 Hampshire TEC 40 31 Heart of England TEC 36 36 Hertfordshire TEC 36 32 Isle of Wight TEC 35 25 Kent TEC 44 31 Milton Keynes TEC 47 32 Surrey TEC 41 29 Sussex TEC 45 30 Thames Valley TEC 43 33 Aztec TEC 50 41 Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 42 42 Brent, Harrow TEC 35 43 Islington, Hackney TEC n/a n/a Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 40 41 London East TEC 41 38 South London TEC 43 46 West London TEC 43 43 South Thames TEC n/a n/a Source:
YT and TFW national leavers certificate databases.
Notes:
n/a—Not available due to low number of processed returns.
§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the expenditure on women on training programmes by(a) training schemes and (b) individual TEC; and what is the figure as a percentage of overall expenditure on training.