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Written question asked by Rushanara Ali (Labour) on Tuesday, 26 October 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 28 October 2010. It was answered by John Hayes (Conservative) on Tuesday, 2 November 2010 on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Train to Gain Programme: Greater London

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many businesses have received assistance from the Train to Gain programme in (a) Bethnal Green and Bow constituency, (b) Tower Hamlets and (c) London in each year since the inception of that programme.
Answer

The Train to Gain Brokerage Service recorded the number of businesses who engaged with the Train to Gain provision through the Brokerage Service between 2006/07 and 2008/09 as follows:

Number
2006/07 ¹51,600
2007/08 52,100
2008/09 39,700
¹ This figure includes 4,000 employers engaged through the former Employer Training Pilots between April and July 2006.

In April 2009 the Train to Gain Brokerage Services was integrated into Business Link. Figures recorded by Business Link for Employer Engagement indicate that for April 2009 to July 2009 there were 16,149 employer engagements of which 2,418 were employer engagements in the London region; August 2009 to June 2010 there were 51,329 employer engagements, of which 9,289 were employer engagements in the London region."Note: The number of employer engagements represents the number of employers who have engaged with the Brokerage Service. It does not represent the number of employers with employees learning on the Train to Gain programme."

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
20884; 517 c759-60W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Greater London Train to gain programme
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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