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Deposited Paper Dep 99/697

Opportunities and choices: a consultation paper on post-school provision for 16-18 year olds. SO. 1999.

Deposited by

Scottish Office

Type

Consultation papers; Deposited papers

Date

31 March 1999

Reference

Dep 99/697

House

House of Commons

Welsh Office

Statement on the performance of training and enterprise councils in Wales. - Inc figs and ref to fact that copies will be placed in Library.

Asked by

Gareth Thomas (Clwyd West) (Labour)

Answering body

Welsh Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

22 February 1999

For answer on

23 February 1999

Answered on

23 February 1999

Mr. Gareth Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what plans he has to report on the performance of training and enterprise councils in Wales. [73080] Mr. Hain: I am pleased to announce that the first annual report on Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) in Wales, covering the 1997-98 financial year, is being published today. This report represents a significant step forward in explaining the work of TECs, and in making them more accountable to the people of Wales and their elected representatives. The report notes that an increasing number of young people entered the Modern Apprenticeship Programme in 1997-98--723 more than in the previous year and 18 per cent. more than the target for the year. Youth credit starts, at 17,265, were 15 per cent. above target, although decreasing levels of unemployment resulted in only 9,001 adults starting on the Training for Work programme against a target of 11,456. NVQs per 100 leavers rose from 55 per cent. to 57 per cent. for the youth training programmes and from 38 per cent. to 44 per cent. for the adult training programmes, by comparison with 1996-97. 52 per cent. of the adult trainees found jobs on leaving training as compared with 48 per cent. the year before. Support was given to 1,648 new business start ups (an increase of 10 per cent. on 1996-97) and the Sole Traders Initiative, which was launched on an all-Wales basis at the start of the year, resulted in some 293 first employees being taken on by hitherto singleton businesses. Other significant achievements by the TECs in 1997-98 included: the levering in of some £1 million of private sector funding--and some £2.8 million of European funding for local projects. a good start to the implementation of the Action Plan for Manufacturing Training in Wales significant improvements in the rates of success of disabled young people and young people from ethnic minorities in achieving NVQs. 60,403 school children undertook a work experience placement, against a target of 59,396. 4,214 school teachers and further education college staff undertook an industrial placement, against a target of 3,068. 27,000 adults were provided with careers information under the Adult Guidance Initiative and 7,858 of these were given bespoke counselling. In addition, the TECs supported a wide variety of projects from their Local Initiative Funds, including homework clubs, revision weeks, Saturday clubs offering contacts with local businesses, outreach work with disaffected young people and technician training to NVQ level 4 for adults in employment. The report provides a synopsis of all these activities and of the overall financial position of TECs in Wales. Copies will be distributed to all Members with constituencies in Wales and placed in the Library of the House. Further details are to be found in the individual annual reports of each of the TECs which are available from their company offices. Following the transfer of functions, this matter will be for the National Assembly.

Date

23 February 1999

Reference

326 c257-8W;326 c256-7W; 73080

House

House of Commons

COMMUNITY CARE GRANTS

That this House calls on the Government to include in discretionary Social Fund Direction 25, provision for 16 to 18 year olds participating in youth training programmes, thereby allowing them to apply for community care grants; deplores the current situation whereby a vulnerable group within the community is excluded from...

Primary sponsor

Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru)

Type

Early day motions

Date

20 January 1999

Reference

219

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of national TEC expenditure has been allocated to (a) youth training and (b) training for the long-term unemployed. - Figs given.

Asked by

Lord Cotter (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 July 1998

Reference

316 c164W; 47040

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the effects that the introduction of three-year public spending limits will have on the establishment of a funding regime for work-based youth training which enables TECs to enter into longer term contracts with training...

Asked by

Nicholas Winterton (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 July 1998

Reference

316 c164W; 49951

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the numbers and percentages of young people in Sunderland who are participating in youth training and the percentage who are receiving more than the minimum allowance from employers or training providers. (Also printed in Daily Part...

Asked by

Bill Etherington (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 January 1998

Reference

22050; 304 c75W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many young people in Sunderland in receipt of youth training bridging allowance receive jobseeker's allowance. (Also printed in Daily Part at 304 c185W).

Asked by

Bill Etherington (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 January 1998

Reference

22051; 304 c74W;304 c74-5W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to increase the minimum weekly training allowance for youth training. (Also printed in Daily Part at 304 c185W).

Asked by

Bill Etherington (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 January 1998

Reference

22046; 304 c75W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what would be the present minimum weekly training allowance for youth training if it had been uprated in line with inflation since 1990. (Also printed in Daily Part at 304 c185W).

Asked by

Bill Etherington (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 January 1998

Reference

22049; 304 c75W

House

House of Commons

BLACKSTONE, BARONESS

What steps they are taking to improve the skills of Britain's youth. - Includes ref to new strategy, investing in Young People.

Asked by

Lord Evans of Parkside (Labour)

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

15 December 1997

Reference

584 c387-8

House

House of Lords

BLACKSTONE, BARONESS

1st supplementary on serious skill shortages particularly in scientific training.

Asked by

Lord Evans of Parkside (Labour)

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

15 December 1997

Reference

584 c387-8

House

House of Lords

BLACKSTONE, BARONESS

Answered by

Baroness Blackstone (Labour)

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

15 December 1997

Reference

584 c387-8

House

House of Lords

BLACKSTONE, BARONESS

Answered by

Baroness Blackstone (Labour)

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

15 December 1997

Reference

584 c387-8

House

House of Lords

Debate on a motion to take note of the first to 25th reports of the Public Accounts Committee of session 1996/97 and of the relevant Treasury minutes (Cm 3559, 3577 and 3714) with particular reference to second, fifth, eighth, 13th, 16th and 22nd reports of 1996/97 (HC 38, 83, 98, 151, 89 and 168)

Lead member

David Davis

Answering member

Lord Boswell of Aynho

Department

Treasury

Type

Parliamentary proceedings

Date

20 November 1997

Reference

301 c474-523

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper Dep/3 5294

Summary of responses to People and prosperity: training for young people consultation document. WO. 1997.

Deposited by

Welsh Office

Type

Consultation papers; Deposited papers

Date

15 September 1997

Reference

Dep/3 5294

House

House of Commons

Employment and training schemes for the unemployed

Employment and Training Schemes for the Unemployed. House of Commons Library Research Paper 97/98. (Updates Research Note 90/25 and Research Papers 93/40, 94/114, 95/51 and 96/66).

Type

Commons Briefing papers

Date

8 August 1997

Reference

RP97-98

Blackstone, Baroness

Which Ministers are accountable for decisions on whether to update youth training allowance and the youth training bridging allowance. - I am responsible for the youth training bridging allowance overall, and for the youth training allowance in England. Responsibility for the youth training allowance in Scotland and Wales lies with...

Asked by

Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 July 1997

Reference

581 c15WA

House

House of Lords

Dept for Education and Employment

How many young people are currently receiving the jobseeker's allowance, under the severe hardship provision or receiving a bridging allowance. - Inc figs.

Asked by

Lembit Opik (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 June 1997

Reference

4852; 296 c446W;296 c448W

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper HINF 97/708

Letter from Kim Howells to Bernie Grant MP concerning figures from the training for work leavers survey and the Youth Training Scheme and youth training leavers survey - includes tables. DFEE. 1997.

Deposited by

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Deposited papers

Date

12 June 1997

Reference

HINF 97/708

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

What was the expenditure by the North London district of the Employment Service excluding administration costs, at cash and constant prices, in each year since 1987-88 on (a) Training for Work, and the programmes it replaced, (b) Youth Training and Modern Apprenticeships, and the earlier YTS, (c) the Enterprise Allowance...

Asked by

Bernie Grant (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

2 June 1997

Answered on

2 June 1997

Mr. Grant: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the expenditure by the North London district of the Employment Service excluding administration costs, at cash and constant prices, in each year since 1987-88 on (a) Training for Work, and the programmes it replaced, (b) Youth Training and Modern Apprenticeships, and the earlier YTS, (c) the Enterprise Allowance Scheme, (d) Jobclubs, (e) Restart courses, Jobplan workshops and Workwise, and (f) Community Action; and if he will make a statement. [839] Mr. Alan Howarth: [holding answer 22 May 1997]: Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Employment Service agency under its Chief Executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given. Letter from Leigh Lewis to Mr. Bernie Grant, dated 2 June 1997: The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question regarding expenditure by the North London District of the Employment Service on a number of programmes since 1987. This is something that falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Chief Executive of the Agency. The table below outlines expenditure by the North London District of the Employment Service on Jobclubs, Restart, Jobplan, Workwise and Community Action since 1993. I will turn to the other programmes you mention later. I should explain that we have only provided information going back to 1993 because it is our policy to hold records of expenditure regionally for three years. However, I hope that you will find the information given below helpful. I ought to say that Workwise was not introduced until April 1995 and that the Community Action programme ran from November 1993 to June 1996. Expenditure _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Name of programme 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 Jobclub 1,197,413 1,276,546 1,304,239 688,463 Restart 312,179 233,850 178,438 166,616 Jobplan 751,440 627,135 410,119 415,907 Workwise n/a n/a 129,051 112,427 Community Action 125,375 541,500 508,473 48,760 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. I should explain that some of the programmes and employment initiatives you mention do not fall under the responsibility of the Employment Service. These are Training for Work (TfW), the Enterprise Allowance Scheme and Youth Training, Modern Apprenticeships, and the earlier YTS. This means that the North London District of the Employment Service did not incur any expenditure on these programmse and initiatives. I hope this is helpful.

Date

2 June 1997

Reference

839; 295 c75-6W

House

House of Commons

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