To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what funding his Department has made available to (a) all unemployed persons and (b) unemployed persons under the age of 21 in Leeds, West constituency to learn new skills to retrain in the latest period for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. (294021)

The information is not available at constituency level. I have asked the acting chief executive of the Learning and Skills Council to write to my right hon. Friend with information about funding for training for unemployed people available in his region.

A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.