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Written question asked by Alan Milburn (Labour) on Thursday, 12 February 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 February 2009. It was answered by Sion Simon (Labour) on Monday, 2 March 2009 on behalf of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills.

Train to Gain Programme: Darlington

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many people living in Darlington constituency have participated in the Train to Gain programme in each of the last three years.
Answer

Table 1 following shows the number of Train to Gain starts in the parliamentary constituency of Darlington, in each academic year from 2005/06 to 2007/08.

Table 1: Train to Gain starts in 2005/06 to 2007/08
Darlington constituency All Train to Gain starts
2005/06 100 32,400
2006/07 460 206,300
2007/08 620 331,800
Notes:
1. Parliamentary constituency is based on learner's home postcode.
2. Numbers for Leeds West have been rounded to the nearest 10.
3. Numbers for England have been rounded to the nearest 100.
4. Train to Gain was created in April 2006. Therefore, figures for 2005/06 only include the months of April to July 2006.
Source:
WBL ILR

Train to Gain is the key service for supporting employers to invest in the future productivity and profitability of their businesses by investing in the skills of their employees. Train to Gain offers quality-assured, impartial advice from skills brokers, to help identify the business' skills needs at all levels and make the right, informed choices.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
488 c1338-9W; 258259
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Darlington Train to gain programme
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk