§ Mr. HainTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list for the latest year for which statistics are available the average cost of each place on training for work schemes and the total number of people on training for work schemes. [6014]
§ Mr. PaiceThe cost per place in 1995–96 on training for work was £7,300. The total number of participant places was 68,719. This provided for 213,862 opportunities at a cost of £2,400 per opportunity.
§ Mr. HainTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list for each year since its inception the amount spent or estimated to be spent on training for work schemes at(a) cash prices and (b) 1996–97 prices. [6013]
§ Mr. PaiceIn April 1993, training for work replaced employment training and employment action. The information requested is given in the following table and relates to the amount in England.
1993–94 outturn 1994–95 outturn 1995–96 provisional outturn 1996–97 planned Expenditure £ million) 760.2 692.7 503.9 485.4 Expenditure at 1995–96 prices (£ million) 792.5 709.5 503.9 474.7