Return-to-work Training (Crosby) (Hansard, 23 March 2004)

HC Deb 23 March 2004 vol 419 cc681-2W 681W

§ Mrs. Curtis-Thomas
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many women in Crosby have visited an information and communications technology training centre in order to learn skills to return to work. [160387]

§ Mr. Ivan Lewis
Crosby is served by both UK online centres and learndirect provisions.
An estimated 169 women use UK online centres in Crosby each quarter.
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This information is calculated from UK online quarterly management information (quarter ending December 2003) which shows that, on average, each UK online centre has 101 users and that 56 per cent. of UK online users are female.
To date, 555 women have enrolled on a learndirect course from the Crosby constituency.