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Mr. Graham : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the total Training Agency budget for employment training in the years 1989-90, 1990-91 and 1991-92, the actual expenditure in 1989-90, and the projected expenditure for 1990-91, for each of the Training Agency areas covering (a) Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll, (b) Lothian and Borders, (c) Lanarkshire, (d) Highlands and Islands, (e) Grampian and Tayside, (f) Glasgow City, (g) Central and Fife and (h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway.

Mr. Allan Stewart : The information requested for 1989-90 and 1990- 91 is set out in the table. Information about budgets for 1991-92 is not available.


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                              |1989-90    |1989-90    |1990-91    |1990-91                

                              |Profile    |Actual     |Budget     |Forecast               

                                          |expenditure            |outturns<1>            

                              |£ million  |£ million  |£ million  |£ million              

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Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll |6.462      |6.668      |8.031      |6.761                  

Lothian and Borders           |8.052      |9.810      |10.946     |9.647                  

Lanarkshire                   |6.376      |6.773      |7.619      |6.540                  

Highlands and Islands         |2.334      |2.615      |2.923      |2.898                  

Grampian and Tayside          |5.495      |6.097      |7.441      |7.142                  

Glasgow City                  |12.048     |12.384     |14.819     |14.074                 

Central and Fife              |7.368      |7.461      |8.147      |7.789                  

Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway 8.719      8.732       8.872       8.044                  

<1> Includes energy top up grants and higher technology national training.                

Mr. Graham : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the training agents and training managers in employment training in Scotland who have had their contracts terminated, together with an explanation of why these contracts have been terminated.

Mr. Allan Stewart : No training agent or training manager has had its employment training contract terminated. All training agents and training managers in employment training who chose to conclude their employment training contracts did so in mutual agreement with the Training Agency.

Mr. Graham : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the numbers and


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percentages of trainees leaving employment training to (i) take up full-time employment, (ii) take up full-time education, (iii) join a job club and (iv) other reasons, listing these other reasons, for every month from January in each of the Training Agency areas covering (a) Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll, (b) Lothian and Borders, (c) Lanarkshire, (d) Highlands and Islands, (e) Grampian and Tayside, (f) Glasgow City, (g) Central and Fife and (h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway.

Mr. Allan Stewart : The latest date for which information is available is May 1990. The information from January 1990 to that date is shown in the tables.


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Month                  |Per cent. of trainees |Per cent. of trainees |Per cent. of trainees | Per cent. of trainees                       

who take up full       |who take up full      |who join a job club   | who leave for other                                                

time employment        |time education or                            |reasons                                                             

                                              |training                                                                                   

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Training Agency Area: Renfrew, Dunbarton and Argyll                                                                                       

January                |24                    |0                     |6                     |70                                           

February               |28                    |1                     |7                     |64                                           

March                  |29                    |0                     |5                     |66                                           

April                  |29                    |2                     |5                     |64                                           

May                    |32                    |3                     |4                     |61                                           

Training Agency Area: Lothian and Borders                                                                                                 

January                |19                    |1                     |4                     |76                                           

February               |26                    |1                     |6                     |67                                           

March                  |24                    |2                     |5                     |69                                           

April                  |18                    |2                     |2                     |78                                           

May                    |28                    |2                     |6                     |64                                           

Training Agency Area: Lanarkshire                                                                                                         

January                |26                    |2                     |6                     |66                                           

February               |17                    |2                     |3                     |78                                           

March                  |20                    |1                     |6                     |73                                           

April                  |28                    |2                     |3                     |67                                           

May                    |19                    |2                     |5                     |74                                           

Training Agency Area: Highlands and Islands                                                                                               

January                |44                    |4                     |5                     |47                                           

February               |45                    |3                     |2                     |50                                           

March                  |50                    |0                     |1                     |49                                           

April                  |51                    |1                     |1                     |47                                           

May                    |55                    |0                     |2                     |43                                           

Training Agency Area: Grampian and Tayside                                                                                                

January                |30                    |3                     |4                     |63                                           

February               |25                    |1                     |8                     |66                                           

March                  |29                    |1                     |5                     |65                                           

April                  |30                    |1                     |3                     |66                                           

May                    |28                    |4                     |1                     |67                                           

Training Agency Area: Glasgow City                                                                                                        

January                |20                    |0                     |8                     |72                                           

February               |17                    |2                     |6                     |75                                           

March                  |25                    |1                     |7                     |67                                           

April                  |24                    |0                     |2                     |74                                           

May                    |26                    |4                     |7                     |63                                           

Training Agency Area: Central and Fife                                                                                                    

January                |20                    |1                     |5                     |74                                           

February               |20                    |2                     |12                    |66                                           

March                  |26                    |0                     |6                     |68                                           

April                  |27                    |1                     |8                     |64                                           

May                    |27                    |1                     |3                     |69                                           

Training Agency Area: Dumfries and Galloway                                                                                               

January                |20                    |2                     |8                     |70                                           

February               |30                    |2                     |3                     |65                                           

March                  |24                    |0                     |6                     |70                                           

April                  |25                    |3                     |4                     |68                                           

May                    |29                    |3                     |3                     |65                                           

Mr. Graham : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the current Training Agency budgets for (i) employment training and (ii) youth training in each of the Training Agency areas covering (a) Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll, (b) Lothian and Borders, (c) Lanarkshire, (d) Highlands and Islands, (e) Grampian and Tayside, (f) Glasgow City, (g) Central and Fife and (h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway.

Mr. Allan Stewart : The information requested is set out in the table.


Training Agency area            |Employment          |Youth                                    

                                |training            |training                                 

                                |budget                                                        

                                |allocation          |allocation                               

                                |1990-91             |1990-91                                  

                                |£                   |£                                        

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Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll   |8,031,343           |11,202,001                               

Lothian and Borders             |10,946,226          |15,162,000                               

Lanarkshire                     |7,618,981           |11,588,000                               

Highlands and Islands           |2,923,450           |5,118,000                                

Grampian and Tayside            |7,440,606           |13,230,056                               

Glasgow city                    |14,819,319          |15,162,000                               

Central and Fife                |8,147,405           |13,712,364                               

Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |8,872,450           |11,395,000                               


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Mr. Graham : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people were in training as (i) employment trainees and (ii) youth trainees in each month since January in each of the Training Agency areas covering (a) Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll, (b) Lothian and Borders, (c) Lanarkshire, (d) Highlands and Islands, (e) Grampian and Tayside, (f) Glasgow city, (g) Central and Fife and (h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway ; and if he will provide a breakdown of these figures into (i) numbers of males, (ii) numbers of females and (iii) numbers aged 18 to 24 years, 25 to 34 years, 35 to 44 years, 45 to 54 years and over 55 years.

Mr. Allan Stewart : Insofar as it is available, the information requested is set out in the table.


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                                 Employment training tYouth training trainees in training      

                                 training             January to March 1990                    

                                 January to March 1990                                         

                                 JanuaryFebruarMarch  JanuaryFebruarMarch 1990                 

                                |1990  |1990  |1990  |1990  |1990                              

                                                                   |Male  |Female|Total        

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Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll   |3,379 |3,476 |3,417 |5,685 |5,576 |3,498 |2,091 |5,589        

Lothian and Borders             |3,493 |3,489 |3,460 |5,412 |5,408 |3,642 |1,782 |5,424        

Lanarkshire                     |2,880 |2,947 |2,884 |4,908 |4,821 |2,901 |1,947 |4,848        

Highlands and Islands           |1,220 |1,210 |1,203 |2,385 |2,411 |1,523 |877   |2,402        

Grampian and Tayside            |2,844 |2,994 |3,108 |7,015 |6,903 |4,426 |2,508 |6,934        

Glasgow city                    |5,908 |6,011 |6,279 |7,992 |7,881 |5,115 |2,853 |7,968        

Central and Fife                |2,857 |2,748 |2,590 |6,681 |6,631 |3,839 |2,866 |6,705        

Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |3,316 |3,375 |3,439 |5,261 |5,210 |3,103 |2,176 |5,279        

Notes:                                                                                         

1. Information for April 1990 onward is not available.                                         

2. Breakdowns of the data between males and females is available for youth training in March   

1990 only.                                                                                     

3. Breakdowns by age group are not available.                                                  

Mr. Graham : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the training managers in employment training who achieved approved training manager status in each of the Training Agency areas covering (a) Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll, (b) Lothian and Borders, (c) Lanarkshire, (d) Highlands and Islands, (e) Grampian and Tayside, (f) Glasgow City, (g) Central and Fife and (h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway.

Mr. Allan Stewart : The information requested is set out in the table :

Training Agency Area

Training Manager with Approved

Training Organisation Status


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Renfrew, Dunbarton and Argyll

Intec (Inverclyde) Limited)

BEST Limited

RRW Associates (Renfrew Dumbarton and Argyll) Limited

Argyll and Bute District Council

Lothian and Borders

University of Edinburgh

Community and Business Training Ltd

Craigmillar Festival Society

Wester Hailes Management Agency

Hotel and Catering Training Board

Chamber of Commerce and Manufacturers

Royal Zoological Society of Scotland

Instant Muscle (Scotland) Ltd

Ness Training Limited


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Borders Training Services

Livingston Development Corporation

Grand Met Community Services Trust

Training and Development (Edinburgh) Ltd

Reid Consultants Ltd

Trust Training

Scottish Council for Spastics

Scottish Association for Mental Health

Apex Scotland

Edinburgh District Engineering Training Association

Lanarkshire

Clydesdale District Council

OSCC Training Services Ltd

ASTRA

JHP Training

Voluntary Association for Mental Welfare Training Ltd

RRW Associates (Hamilton) Ltd

East Kilbride District Council

East Kilbride Energy Project Ltd

Hamilton District Council

Scottish National Council for YMCAs

Midscot Training Services

LAGTA Ltd

Westwood Training Services Ltd (Withdrawn)

Highlands and Islands

Moray Firth GTA

Hotel and Catering Industry Training Board

Highland Regional Council

Ross and Cromarty District Council

Westwood Training Services (Withdrawn)

Simpson Dalgarno Partnership

Microcomputer Training Centre

McDermott Scotland Ltd

Orkney Islands Council

JHP Training Ltd

Grampian and Tayside

Highland Perthshire Development Company

Bulloch Trust Enterprise Ltd

St. Andrew's Business Association Ltd

Heat Development (Dundee) Ltd.

Training Agency Area


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Training Manager with Approved Training Organisation Status Grampian and Tayside (cont.)

Voluntary Services Aberdeen

Moray District Council

Glasgow City

Henry Boot Training Ltd

Glasgow Zoo

Glasgow Training Group (Motor Trade) Ltd

Queens College Glasgow Enterprise Ltd

University of Glasgow

Epilepsy Association of Scotland

Central and Fife

Tektra Managing Agency Ltd

Falkirk AT Enterprises (FATE) Ltd

Metcom Training Ltd

Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway

Wigtown District Council

Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council Consortium

Garnock Workspace

Employment Training Sponsors (Scotland) Ltd

Training Services Ayrshire Ltd

Care Ayrshire Training Ltd.

Radix Training (Scotland) Ltd

Mr. Graham : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the number of people (a) starting employment training and (b) leaving employment training for each month from January for each of the Training Agency areas covering (a) Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll, (b) Lothian and Borders, (c) Lanarkshire, (d) Highlands and Islands, (e) Grampian and Tayside, (f) Glasgow City, (g) Central and Fife and (h) Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway.

Mr. Allan Stewart : The information requested is set out in the table for the period January 1990 to March 1990. Information from April 1990 is not available.


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