To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many people in England participated in the Train to Gain programme in 2006-07. (242852)

There were 238,700 people who started a Train to Gain programme in 2006-07.

Train to Gain was created in April 2006. Standard reporting practice is to include the months of April to July 2006 in the 2006-07 academic year. The figure above therefore covers Train to Gain starts over a 16 month period.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many people in (a) England and (b) the Vale of York completed a Train to Gain programme in 2006-07. (242853)

Overall, there were 122,000 Train to Gain achievements in 2006-07. There were 120 Train to Gain achievements in 2006-07 in the Vale of York Constituency.

Notes:

1. Train to Gain was created in April 2006. Standard reporting practice is to include the months of April to July 2006 in the 2006-07 academic year. The figures above therefore cover Train to Gain achievements over a 16 month period.

2. Constituency is based on learner's home postcode.