[holding answer 14 June 2007]: Train to Gain is an ongoing service and as such performance is updated on a regular basis. Detailed operational information is not held centrally by the Department but is collected by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC); Mark Haysom as the LSC chief executive has written directly to my hon. Friend and a copy of his reply has been placed in the House Library.
Letter from Rob Wye dated, 21 June 2007:
I am writing in response to your recent parliamentary question to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, about how many individuals in each region are undertaking training as part of the Train to Gain scheme in 2007-08. I am writing on behalf of Mark Haysom as he is on annual leave.
In the period April 2006 - March 2007, the regional breakdown of Train to Gain learners was as follows
Number East of England 9,500 East Midlands 10,440 London 8,340 North East 10,690 North West 21,990 South East 11,640 Southwest 9,120 West Midlands 17,510 Yorkshire and the Humber 16,370
The Train to Gain programme commenced in select regions from April 2006. A full rollout of Train to Gain commenced from August 2006.
To date 38,760 learners have succeeded in gaining their qualifications:
Number Skills for Life achievements 3,920 Level 2 achievements 32,800 Level 3 achievements. 2,040 Source: LSC Management Information
The LSC is planning to report on Train to Gain success rates, including sector breakdowns, in the 2006-07 learner outcomes statistical first release: Further education and work-based learning for young people—learner outcomes in England, which is expected to be published in April 2008.