HC Deb 06 April 1998 vol 310 c92W
Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what action his Department will be taking to ensure that people with disabilities are offered the opportunity to re-train, under Government proposals announced on 30 March, to develop the information technology skills necessary to work to adapt systems for the year 2000. [37583]

Dr. Howells

The Government are making £90m available this financial year to help with the capital costs needed to create Centres of Excellence for IT and High Technology Training and to provide help with the set up of costs for facilities needed to allow other skills shortages to be addressed; and to help employers with the training required to tackle the Millennium Bug problem.