§ Mr. RowlandsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment he has made of the number of starts which will be allocated to each TEC in Wales for modern apprenticeships in 1998–99. [21025]
§ Mr. HainProgramme provision allows for a total of 4,500 modern apprenticeship starts in Wales in 1998–99. Details of the allocation of these starts to individual TECs will not be available until contract negotiations between both the Welsh Office and the TECs and between the TECs and their training providers have been concluded.
§ Mr. RowlandsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate his Department has made of the number of starts allocated in 1996–97 to each TEC in Wales for modern apprenticeships; and what proportion of these starts had been used at the last available date. [21026]
§ Mr. HainThe information requested is shown in the following table:
Modern apprenticeship starts 1996–97 TEC (i) Total modern apprenticeship starts planned at 1 April 1996 (ii) Total modern apprenticeship starts achieved at 30 March 1997 (ii) as a percentage of (i) Gwent 894 996 111 Mid Glamorgan 653 644 99 North East Wales 500 520 104 North West Wales 400 441 96 Powys 129 115 89 South Glamorgan 560 602 108 West Wales 1,100 1,350 123 Wales total 4,296 4,668 109 Source:
TEC Management Information.