HC Deb 12 July 1996 vol 281 cc322-3W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many young people with an educational qualification below national vocational qualification level 2 in the Don Valley parliamentary constituency(a) have been and (b) are being trained by the Barnsley-Doncaster training and enterprise council. [36161]

Mr. Paice

The information is not available in the form requested. The national follow-up survey of all 1994–95 youth training leavers indicates that 30 per cent. of participants in the Barnsley and Doncaster training and enterprise council's youth programmes had no qualifications when they joined.

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many of those in the age range 18 to 25 years(a)resident in the Don Valley parliamentary constituency and (b) resident in related travel-to-work areas have obtained national vocational qualification level 2. [36160]

Mr. Paice

The information is not available in the form requested. I understand that in the Doncaster district 1,025 participants on the Barnsley and Doncaster training and enterprise council's youth programmes obtained a qualification at NVQ level 2 or higher during 1995–96. Other young people will have achieved NVQ level 2 or above as a result of other education and training programmes, including those not organised by the TEC. Figures for this are not available at constituency level.