Innovation, Universities and Skills written question – answered at on 2 March 2009.
Alan Milburn
Labour, Darlington
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many people living in Darlington Constituency have participated in the Train to Gain programme in each of the last three years.
Siôn Simon
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Table 1 shows the number of Train to Gain starts in the parliamentary Constituency of Darlington, in each academic year from 2005/06 to 2007/08.
| Table 1: Train to Gain s tarts in 2005/06 to 2007/08 | ||
| Darlington constituency | All Train to Gain starts | |
| 2005/06 | 100 | 32,400 |
| 2006/07 | 460 | 206,300 |
| 2007/08 | 620 | 331,800 |
| Notes: 1. Parliamentary constituency is based on learner's home postcode. 2. Numbers for Leeds West have been rounded to the nearest 10. 3. Numbers for England have been rounded to the nearest 100. 4. Train to Gain was created in April 2006. Therefore, figures for 2005/06 only include the months of April to July 2006. Source: WBL ILR | ||
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