§ Mr. William Priceasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are covered by the Engineering Industry Training Board in the Midlands.
§ Mr. Dudley Smith:I understand from the Engineering Industry Training Board that firms in the region in scope of the Board in April, 1971, employed 899,875 people.
§ Mr. William Priceasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have undertaken engineering training and retraining in the area covered by the Midlands regional office of the Engineering Industry Training Board in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Dudley Smith:The numbers of people who have completed engineering training and retraining in Government training centres in the Midlands Region are:
Year Number of People 1967 373 1968 455 1969 514 1970 533 1971 632 I understand from the Engineering Industry Training Board that the numbers of people who have received training by engineering employers in the region leading to claims for grants are:
Year Number of People 1967–68 128,845 1968–69 161,043 1969–70 183,121 Figures for 1970–71 are not yet available. Separate figures for engineering for 1966–67 are not available.
§ Mr. William Priceasked the Secretary of State for Employement whether he will estimate the number of engineering firms in the area of the Midlands regional office of the Engineering Industry Training Board who undertake no training.
§ Mr. Dudley Smith:The number cannot be estimated precisely. I understand from the Engineering Industry Training Board that in 1969–70 1,660 of the firms in the region which were assessed to levy did not claim grants for training qualifying for grant.
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§ Mr. William Priceasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many firms in the area covered by the Midlands regional office of the Engineering Industry Training Board, and employing 200 people or more, undertake group training.
§ Mr. Dudley Smith:I understand from the Engineering Industry Training Board that 189 such engineering firms are members of group training schemes.