HC Deb 07 December 1998 vol 322 cc95-9W
Mr. Boswell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the current national training organisations by name, sector and number of employees covered. [62398]

Mr. Mudie

A list of the National Training Organisations by sector and employees is shown in the table.

Training organisations Number of employees
1. Association for Ceramic Training and Development Production of ceramic goods 37,800
2. Bakery Training Council Manufacture, distribution and retail in the banking in industry 125,000
3. Banks and Building Societies NTO Banks and building societies 460,000
4. Board for Education and Training in the Water Industry Water services and supply companies 48,000
5. British Plumbing Employers" Council (Training) Ltd. Plumbing and mechanical services 250,000
6. British Ports Industry Training Ltd. Ports, terminals, stevedoring companies, contract labour suppliers (for the Ports Industry) 25,000
7. CAPITB Apparel and leathergoods manufacture 160,000
8. Chemical and Manufacturing Processing NTO Primary chemical manufacture and processing, manufacture of soaps and detergents 250,000
9. Cleaning & Support Services NTO Carpet and upholstery cleaning, caretaking and portering services, industrial, hospital, commercial and domestic cleaning, facilities management 843,300
10. Community Justice NTO Probation, youth justice, crime prevention and community safety 26,700
11. Construction Industry Training Board Construction industry 1,167,000
12. Council for Administration All sector—administration staff
13. Custodial care Prisons and other remand organisations 50,000
14. Institute of Customer Service All sector—customer service staff
15. The Cultural Heritage NTO The cultural heritage, in the public and private sectors, including museums, galleries and a range of organisations concerned with the conservation and interpretation of the material and built heritage 41,000
16. Dairy Training & Development Council Dairy sector 45,000
17. Distributive NTO Warehousing and distribution, retail, dry-cleaning and laundry work, paper wholesalers and post office workers 4,312,700
18. National Training Organisation for Early Years Childminders, nursery nurses, nannies, playgroup leaders and assistants, classroom assistants, staff in private nurseries and foster carers of under eights 427,000
Training organisations Number of employees
19. Electricity Training Association Electricity supply industry, also nuclear decommissioning 115,000
20. Electronics & Software Services NTO Services provided to business to help implement and exploit business technology, including consultancy, IT services, user training, maintenance, call management 350,000
21. Employment NTO All sector—Training and development staff/managers/personnel. F/T trade union officials, health and safety officers
22. Engineering and Marine Training Authority (EMTA) Engineering manufacture 1,787,000
23. Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) Engineering construction 40,900
24. Engineering Services Training Trust Ltd. Heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) 79,000
25. EPIC (Extractive and Mineral Processing Industries NTO) Quarry products, china and ball clay, silica and industrial sands 39,000
26. Further Education National Training Organisation College staff 250,000
27. Food and Drink NTO Food and drink manufacture 500,000
28. Gas Industry NTO Shipping and supply of natural gas pipelines and associated measurement and control equipment. Installation, maintenance and servicing of a gas burning equipment and appliances, offshore gas burning equipment and appliances, processing and storage facilities 156,000
29. Glass Training Ltd. Automotive, container, flat, fibre, scientific and tableware glass 28,200
30. Hairdressing and Beauty Industry Authority Hairdressing, beauty therapy, nail technology 225,000
31. Health Care NTO Health Care 970,100
32. Hospitality Training Foundation Hospitality industry: e.g. hotels, pubs/bars/clubs, restaurants 2,033,000
33. Housing National Training Organisation Housing 150,000
34. Information Technology National Training Organisation IT users and supply side practitioners, practitioners in corporate and public sector 683,000
35. Insurance and Related Financial Service NTO Insurance and related financial services 350,000
36. Languages NTO All sector—translators, interpreters
37. LANTRA NTO Ltd. Landbased industry plus lift trucks and floristry 1,389,000
38. Local Government NTO Local Government—public (consumer) protection, highways, maintenance and emergency fire service 2,080,300
39. Management & Enterprise Training Organisation All sector—represents small firms and management
40. Meat Training Council Meat and poultry industry, manufacturers and processors, wholesalers, independents and multiples (retail) 170,000
Training organisations Number of employees
41. METIER Visual arts/crafts, performing arts, arts development and teaching, literature arts, arts, arts managements and administration, technical support and performance design 615,000
42. Motor Industry Training Council Retail motor industry and allied sectors 503,700
43. National Electrotechnical Training Electrical installation engineering plus allied trades (Electrotechnical sector) 172,000
44. OPITO (The NTO for the Oil and Gas Extraction Industry) Oil and gas extraction (includes—drilling, processing/transfer, servicing operations) 30,000
45. Paper Education & Training Council All paper manufacture, tissue/recovered paper, allied trades and fibre content 78,200
46. Passenger Transport Forum for Employee Development Land (road) passenger transport 148,000
47. Petroleum Industry NTO Downstream petroleum, refining and distribution 91,000
48. Pharmaceuticals Industry NTO Pharmaceuticals industry 80,000
49. Polymer & Associated Industries NTO Polymer processing, signmaking, man-made fibres (from 15.9.98) 317,000
50. Print & Graphic Communication NTO Traditional printing, printing in new media formats, screen printing, book binding 193,400
51. Rail Industry Training Council Rail industry, freight operations, engineering and heritage companies 130,300
52. Refractories & Building Products Training Council Refractories and ceramic materials, clayware (including clay bricks, pipes, drainage, chimneys, floor tiles), precast concrete 23,200
53. Road Haulage and Distribution Training Council Road transport and freight, storage, post and courier services 600,000
54. Science, Technology & Mathematics NTO All sector—Scientists, technologists and mathematicians
55. Selfish Training Sea fishing, fish merchanting and processing, fish mongering, fish frying 104,000
56. Security Industry Training Organisation Guarding, investigating, security management 308,000
57. Skillset Broadcast, film, video and muti-media 190,000
58. NTO for Sport, Recreation & Allied Occupants Sport and recreation, playwork, outdoor education and development training, exercise and fitness, synthetic surface installers and play equipment manufacturers and installation 212,000
59. Steel Industry NTO The steel industry, metals, recycling, iron and steel makingshaping and forming through hot and cold processing, forging, wire drawing, tube making, finishing, stockholding, constructional steelwork 97,600
Training organisations Number of employees
60. Telecommunications Vocational Standards Council Fixed wire public and private communications—CATV, Mobile public and private
communications-military and marine
communications, call handling 1,646,000
61. The Higher Education Training Organisation Everyone employed in a university including lecturers 173,600
62. Training Alliance for Surface Coatings Paint, priniting inks, wallcoverings and powder coatings 20,500
63. Training Organisation for Personal Social Services Personal social services—social work, social care, resident home staff, day centre staff, foster carers 1,237,000
64. Ttento Ltd. Leisure and business travel, tour operators, tourist information centres, representatives/travel couriers 130,000
65. Voluntary Sector NTO All sector—all unpaid workers and those paid staff working in charitable organisations

Note:

1. The employee figures for the All-Sector NTOs are included in the appropriate sector NTO figures.

2. These are approximate figures provided by the organisation themselves.

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