§ Caroline FlintTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what the value was of his Department's financial support for employment and training since May 1997; and if he will list individual projects indicating the value of Government funding in the Doncaster/Wakefield employment district. [149071]
§ Mr. BlunkettMy Department has invested substantially in employment and training. My Department does not normally present aggregate figures for expenditure on these programmes. Table 1 shows the Department's spending on employment programmes including Work Based Learning for Adults. It shows spending on certain training programmes is including Work Based Training for Young People. Separately, it also shows expenditure on New Deals and other programmes funded by the Windfall Tax. The New Deals offer help and support, including skills training, to people looking for work.
The table does not include expenditure on further education, some £3.5 billion in the current year, which includes funding for vocational education and training.
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Table 1 £ million 1997–98 1998–99 1999–20001 2000–011 Employment programmes, including: 1,499 1,338 1,409 1,502 Work Based Learning for Adults 382 272 289 318 Other training programmes 903 950 1,015 1,192 New Deals and other programmes funded by Windfall Tax 50 235 480 665 1Estimate Source:
These figures are taken from the Departmental Annual Report 2000 and Budget 2001
Table 2 shows total estimated expenditure since April 1997 on employment programmes and New Deals in the Doncaster and Wakefield Employment Service districts. Due to organisational changes, data for 1997–98 are not
Table 2: Estimated expenditure on DfEE Mainstream employment programmes, New Deal programmes in the Doncaster and Wakefield Employment Service districts £ million Payments made in Employment measures 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–011 DfEE Mainstream programmes n/a 5.7 5.8 5.6 New Deal n/a 6.0 8.0 5.3 New Deal and Mainstream totals n/a 11.7 13.8 11.08 Employment Zone — — 0.3 2.2 1Forecast Source:
Figures provided by the Employment Service
Table 3 shows expenditure figures for training programmes in the Wakefield Training and Enterprise Council (TEC) and the Doncaster part of the Barnsley and
Table 3: Estimated payments to the Training and Enterprise Councils in the Wakefield and Doncaster areas supporting training activities £million Payments made in 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–011 Work Based Training for Young People 9.4 7.8 8.2 9.5 Work Based Learning for Adults 3.7 1.5 1.8 2.1 Competitiveness 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.6 Strategic activity/Discretionary Projects 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.4 Total TEC payments 15.3 11.6 12.3 13.6 1Forecast Source:
Figures provided by the Wakefield and Barnsley and Doncaster TECs