Written question asked by Mike Wood (Batley and Spen) (Labour) on Monday, 2 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 4 March 2009. It was answered by Tony McNulty (Labour) on Thursday, 2 April 2009 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Vocational Training

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many drug users have been placed on a training course through progress2work; and how many have completed such a course.

Answer: Since September 2004, the number of customers entering further education or training both for progress2work and for progress2work-LinkUP is 12,203. Providers can not claim for completion of further education and training as an outcome and therefore we do not collect that information.The number of customers undertaking specialist training or provision, which could include training courses is 7,620. The number completing specialist training or provision is 4,966."Notes:""1. Figures are correct at the end of January 2009""2. Numbers are rounded up to the nearest 10 to avoid the risk of identifying individuals.""3. Information is only collected if the customer signs a consent form for their information to be collected on the web based Management Information collection system."

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