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Training

Volume 173: debated on Tuesday 22 May 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland where were the number of apprentices in Northern Ireland in (a) engineering, (b) plumbing, (c) joinery and (d)bricklaying, in the years 1987–88, 1988–89 and 1989–90.

[holding answer 21 May 1990]: The number of apprentices registered for training in the specified occupational trades were as follows:

1987–881988–891989–90
(a) Engineering232306396
(b) Plumbing42104130
(c) Joinery638777933
(d) Bricklaying333461575

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many young people attended each Government training centre in Northern Ireland in 1987–88, and in 1988–89; and what percentage of those from each centre, on completion of their training, went to (a) jobs and (b) self-employment.

[holding answer 21 May 1990]: The table below shows the number of young people trained at the various training centre in Northern Ireland in 1987–88 and 1988–89 and the percentages of such young people who entered employment. There are no figures available for the percentages entering self-employment; as the young people trained at the centres would have completed initial training only in the skills required for apprenticeships etc., it is unlikely that many would have entered self-employment.

Number of young people trained

Percentage entering employment

Year

1987–88

1988–89

1987–88

1988–89

Centre

Ballymena2232948583
Boucher road1101355464
Craigavon2322728691
Dundonald2783008293
Enniskillen831027882
Felden1732287978
Lisburn891087693
Maydown1351485780
Newry1832409394
Omagh1051537496
Springtown89867891