§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what has been the number of Government-funded training for work placements, with title of scheme, each year since the introduction of the job creation programme. [34025]
§ Mr. PaiceThe information is shown in the following table and covers all adult and youth programmes: 987W
Number of adult and youth programme starts1 for each financial year from 1978–79 to 1994–95 Great Britain, numbers Year Total for all programmes Community Industry Community programme2 Enterprise allowance/ business start-up3 Youth opportunities programme Voluntary projects programme Youth training4 5 Training opportunities programme6 Industrial language training scheme7 Occupational training8 Business training Employment action 1978–79 258,800 6,700 19.700 — 162,200 — — 70,200 — — — — 1979–80 338,400 8,900 22,400 — 216,400 — — 90,700 — — — — 1980–81 469,200 8,200 18,400 — 360,000 — — 82,600 — — — — 1981–82 674,800 9,000 34,300 — 553,000 — — 71,200 7,300 — — — 1982–83 655,900 8,900 12,100 2,500 543,100 — — 72,600 8,900 — — — 1983–84 647,200 9,600 134,400 27,600 — — 370,000 80,100 11,500 — — — 1984–85 797,000 9,500 161,400 46,000 — 63,000 397,000 — 11,300 58,200 6,500 — 1985–86 1,045,000 9,500 241,200 60,000 — 71,500 406,000 — 13,800 — — — 1986–87 1,358,500 9,800 307,500 86,800 — 80,300 420,000 — 19,300 — — — 1987–88 1,402,900 9,800 269,100 106,300 — 105,600 399,000 — 17,600 — — — 1988–89 1,263,500 10,800 84,000 98,500 — 88,200 408,000 — 17,200 — — — 1989–90 893,000 — — 78,000 — — 384,000 — — — — — 1990–91 797,000 — — 60,000 — — 347,800 — — — — — 1991–92 655,400 — — 50,000 — — 290,400 — — — — 22,000 1992–93 686,000 — — 41,000 — — 286,700 — — — — 67,000 1993–94 669,000 — — 40,600 — — 290,300 — — — — — 1994–95 655,900 — — 31,200 — — 303,700 — — — — — Source:
Training Statistics.
Notes:
1Including second and subsequent starts.
2 Includes Special Temporary Employment Programme (1978–79 to 1980–81). Community Enterprise Programme (1981–82) and Community Programme (1982–83 to 1988–89).
3EAS was replaced by BSUS in April 1991 BSUS is a TEC delivered programme based on local needs.
4YT/YTS figures may not correspond to earlier published figures due to periodical updating.
5From April 1990 YTS became YT.
Except for the following, all figures were obtained from the relevant Training Agency Branch/Section.
6 Training Opportunities Programme (TOPS), up to 1979–80 from Annual Reports.
7Industrial Language Training Scheme (ILTS), figures prior to 1987–88 from Annual Reports. Figures prior to 1981–82 are not available separately. ILTS was part of Training Within Industry (TWI) which was part of TOPS and comprised several smaller schemes. The ILTS figure is therefore included in the TOPS total for these years.
8Occupational Training (OT), Business Training (BT) and Work Preparation (WP), figures from Annual Reports.
The Youth Opportunities Programme was split into two parts, Work Experience (WE) included in the figures are a) Work Experience on Employers Premises (WEEP), b) Community Projects (CP) and Work Preparation (WP) included in the figures are (a) Short training Courses, (b) Remedial and Preparatory Courses (mainly work induction courses and young people's work preparation courses) and c) Assessment and Employment Induction Courses.
Number of adult and youth programme starts1 for each financial year from 1978–79 to 1994–95 Great Britain numbers Year Work preparation Old job training scheme New job training scheme Training for Enterprise Access to information technology Local grants to employers Self-standing work preparation Training linked to community programme Employment training/training for work Open tech National priority skills scheme2 1978–79 — — — — — — — — — — — 1979–80 — — — — — — — — — — — 1980–81 — — — — — — — — — — — 1981–82 — — — — — — — — — — — 1982–83 — — — — — — — — — — 7,800 1983–84 — — — — — — — — — 6,000 8,000 1984–85 23,000 — — — — — — 3,100 — 12,000 6,000 1985–86 — 54,800 — 20,300 28,200 53,300 34,300 20,600 — 20,000 11,500 1986–87 — 68,800 2,100 67,000 32,200 131,700 48,800 42,900 — 33,000 8,300 1987–88 — 49,200 99,100 107,000 22,100 123,500 46,200 41,400 — — 7,000 1988–89 — 24,300 50,700 89,800 — 106,800 27,900 16,600 238,600 — 2,100 1989–90 — — — — — — — — 431,000 — — 1990–91 — — — — — — — — 389,000 — — 1991–92 — — — — — — — — 293,000 — — 1992–93 — — — — — — — — 291,000 — — 1993–94 — — — — — — — — 338,400 — — 1994–95 — — — — — — — — 321,100 — — Source:
Training Statistics.
Note:
1Including second and subsequent starts.
2National Priority Skill Scheme; prior to 1986 figures are from Annual Reports. The figure for 1984 has been estimated. The Youth Opportunities Programme was split into two parts.
Work Experience (WE): included in the figures are a) Work Experience on Employers Premises (WEEP).b) Community Projects (CP) and Work Preparation (WP): included in the figures are a) Short Training Courses, b) Remedial and Preparatory Courses (mainly work induction courses and young people's work preparation courses) and c) Assessment and Employment Induction Courses.
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§ Sir Peter LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will provide incentives to training and enterprise councils to encourage firms of under 50 employees to commit themselves to investment in people programmes. [34727]
§ Mr. PaiceTraining and enterprise councils have some £55 million available in 1995–95 to help employers to move towards investors in people. Employers normally need to contribute to the cost on a matched funding basis but TECs have the discretion to exempt those with under 50 employees from this requirement. Almost 9,000 firms with under 50 employees are formally committed to achieving the investors in people standard. I will be considering proposals for performance targets for TECs for 1995–96 during the autumn.
The Department has other provisions aimed specifically at training in small firms. Over three years from April 1995, £63 million is available through skills for small businesses to help 24,000 key workers in small firms to become training champions and train others in their firms.
The competitiveness White Paper "Forging ahead", published in May 1995, includes £5 million for the small firms training challenge. A prospectus will be published shortly, seeking bids from group of small firms.
§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what consideration she has given to the introduction of a training levy; and if she will make a statement. [34952]
§ Mr. PaiceThe introduction of a general training levy is not under consideration. The Government remain committed to deregulation—removed burdens on firms, not increasing them.