AQW 39390/11-15

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 26/11/2014
Answered On Date: 08/12/2014
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning, pursuant to AQW 38671/11-15, to detail the number of training (i) positions currently available within each of the eleven training suppliers; and (ii) suppliers in East Londonderry being used to capacity, as part of the Training for Success Programme.

Answer:

Through the Training for Success Programme, my department guarantees a training place for all 16 and 17 year olds who are not in education or employment , with extended eligibility for persons under 22 years with a disability and under 24 years for those who qualify under the Children Act NI (2002).

In line with the guarantee, there is no restriction on the number of young people that can avail of the programme and no capacity limit is set for any of the contracted training suppliers.

Published statistical information (including occupancy levels broken down by Parliamentary Constituency) is contained in the Training for Success Statistical Bulletin.

The most recent Statistical Bulletin, published on 26 November 2014, can be accessed via the link below.

http://www.delni.gov.uk/index/publications/r-and-s-stats/tfs-and-programme-led-apprenticeships-statistical-bulletins.htm