HC Deb 21 April 2004 vol 420 c512W
Mr. Frank Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many women in Birkenhead have visited an information and communications technology training center in order to learn skills to return to work. [166331]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

Birkenhead is served by both UK online centers and learndirect provisions.

An estimated 226 women use UK online centers in Birkenhead each quarter. This information is calculated from UK online quarterly management information (quarter ending Dec 03) which shows that, on average, each UK online center has 101 users and that 56 per cent. of UK online users are female.

To date, 493 women living in Birkenhead (postal districts CH41 and 42) have visited a learndirect center.