To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what budget is allocated for (a) employment training and (b) youth training respectively in each region of his training and enterprise and education directorate for the years 1991–92 and 1992–93; and what were the numbers of unemployed people in each of these regions at the latest available date.
The budget allocations for 1991–92 for employment training and youth training in each region of the training enterprise and education directorate—TEED —are given in table (a). The figures for 1992–93 are still subject to negotiation and therefore not available.The number of unemployed people in each of the TEED regions as at December 1991 are given in table
(b).
Table (a)
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£ million
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England and Wales
| YT
| ET
|
| South East | 89·46 | 32·22 |
| London | 49·18 | 52·09 |
| South West | 65·28 | 25·18 |
| West Midlands | 84·50 | 48·71 |
| East Midlands | 96·58 | 39·94 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 91·40 | 52·80 |
| North West | 123·59 | 65·17 |
| Northern | 67·76 | 46·67 |
| Wales | 50·88 | 32·32 |
Note: ET budgets exclude national allowances (ie unemployment benefit + £10).
Table (b)
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Unemployed claimants as at December 1991
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TEED regions
| Persons
|
| South East | 347,357 |
| London | 385,316 |
| South West | 190,128 |
| West Midlands | 246,987 |
| East Midlands and Eastern | 245,786 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 222,975 |
| North West | 325,792 |
| Northern | 134,440 |
| Wales | 122,910 |
| Scotland | 228,766 |
| Great Britain | 2,450,457 |