To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list all training schemes and measures to reduce unemployment, including the enterprise scheme; and if he will give details of (a) the number of people participating at any one time and (b) the separate and overall expenditure in each case.
The information is as follows:
| 1 Training Agency | ||
| Programme | Cost(£ million)* | Numbers in training October 1989 |
| Employment Training (ET) | 1,251·5 | 209,000 |
| Business Growth Training (BGT) | 42·4 | see below |
| Youth Training Scheme (YTS) | 1,039·1 | 405,000 |
| Community Industry (CI) | 28·1 | 6,0002 |
| Work Related Further Education(WRFE) | 101·5 | see 3 below |
| TVEI4 & Compacts | 121·2 | see 5 below |
| Enterprise Allowance Scheme (EAS) | 138·56 | 77,230 |
| 1 The following figures are available for BGT for the period April-October 1989: | ||
| Option 1, kits issued | 3,700 |
| Option 2, training places | 25,700 |
| Option 3, contracts signed | 700 |
| Option 4, contracts signed | 1,200 |
| Option 5, contracts signed | 25 |
| 2 Employees in Scheme until 1 May 1989, when the contract changed from "Employment Measure" to "Training Provision". | ||
| 3 In the field of WRFE the TA operates by negotiating with Local Education Authorities. It is not possible to give participation figures comparable with the rest of table. | ||
| 4 Technical & Vocational Education Initiative. | ||
| 5In the academic year 1988–89 314,000 students were involved with TVEI. This figure rose to 630,000 in the academic year 1989–90. | ||
| 6Provision in TA Vote from July 1989 only. |
| Programme | Cost(£ million) |
| Employment Rehabilitation | 9·0 |
| Residual Schemes1 | 20·0 |
| Enterprise Training | 3·8 |
| Other Adult Training2 | 11·5 |
| Enterprise in Higher Education & Other HE projects | 8·7 |
| Training & Education Support Programmes | 60·8 |
| 1 Old Job Training Scheme, New Job Training Scheme, Wider Opportunities Training Programme, Community Programme, Residual Training for the Disabled, Voluntary Projects Programme. | |
| 2 National Priority Skills Scheme, Local Grants to Employers, Local Collaborative Projects, Industrial Language Training | |
Note:
Expenditure reflects 1989–90 Estimates provision.
2 Employment Service
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Programme
| Cost (£ million) 1
| Participants
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| Jobshare | 0·66 | 1187 |
| Restart Courses | 7·85 | 323,662 |
| Jobstart | 5·90 | 33,793 |
| Jobclub | 28·50 | 423,419 |
1 As at 30 November 1989. | ||
2 Number of people beginning a Restart Course in November 1989. | ||
3 As at 27 October 1989. | ||
4 As at 24 November 1989. | ||
In addition, the ES, through its network of offices, helps and encourages unemployed people to take up available jobs and opportunities. In 1988–l89 the ES placed approximately 1·5 million unemployed people into jobs.
Note:
Expenditure reflects 1989–90 funds allocated.