HC Deb 28 November 1995 vol 267 cc678-9W
Mr. Byers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the number of new recruits to the training for work programme in(a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland in each month since January 1994. [2425]

Mr. Paice

[holding answer 27 November 1995]: The information requested is in the following table:

Training for work—Number of starts in period ending1
England Wales Scotland
1994
31/28 January 29,000 1,800 2,700
27/25 February 26,500 1,900 3,200
27/31 March 22,100 1,600 3,100
24/29 April 18,700 1,400 2,600
22/27 May 19,300 1,500 2,500
19 June/1 July 18,900 1,300 3,000
17/29 July 20,300 1,500 1,900
14/26 August 18,800 1,200 2,800
11/30 September 20,200 1,400 3,800
9/28 October 32,600 2,800 2,800
6/25 November 24,000 1,700 2,900
4/30 December 22,900 1,800 2,000
1995
1 January 11,600 700 n/a
30/27 January 24,200 1,800 2,600
26/24 February 22,400 1,400 2,900
26/30 March 15,800 800 3,300
23/27 April 11,100 700 2,200
21/25 May 15,600 800 2,400
18/22 June 14,400 900 2,800
16/30 July 15,200 800 1,600
13/27 August 13,600 700 2,200

Source:

TEC MI returns, the Welsh Office, the Scottish Office.

1 First date shown is for England and Wales, the second is for Scotland.

Some trainees may have changed programmes and are therefore counted twice.