§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what(a) performance indicators and (b) output measures are used to measure the (i) absolute and (ii) relative performance of Merseyside TEC. [98569]
§ Mr. WicksThe indicators used to measure performance of all Training and Enterprise Councils (including Chambers of Commerce, Training and Enterprise) are:
Work based training for young people:
- NVQs per 100 leavers
- NVQ2s per 100 leavers
- NVQ3+s per 100 leavers
- Cost per point
- Percentage other training trainees who found training very/fairly useful
- Percentage ethnic minority leavers gaining at least one whole NVQ
- Percentage non ethnic minority leavers gaining at least one whole NVQ
- Percentage disabled leavers gaining at least one whole NVQ
- Percentage non disabled leavers gaining at least one whole NVQ
Work based training for adults:
- Jobs per 100 leavers
- NVQs per 100 leavers
- Cost per point
- Percentage ethnic minority leavers gaining at least one whole NVQ
- Percentage non ethnic minority leavers gaining at least one whole NVQ
- Percentage disabled leavers gaining at least one whole NVQ
- Percentage non disabled leavers gaining at least one whole NVQ
Investors in People:
- Percentage medium/large companies recognised as an Investor in People
- Percentage large (200+) companies recognised as an Investor in People.
Performance information for all TECs is collated and published annually. A copy of the publication "TEC/CCTE Performance Indicators 1998–99" has been placed in the Library. The publication shows the absolute performance of Merseyside TEC against a range of indicators and makes relative comparison with TECs within the North West and in England as a whole.