§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many new training places will be made available in Great Britain, Wales, Scotland and English regions as a result of the £20 million granted recently to the Training Services Agency.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the additional £20 million recently provided for it will be used by the Training Services Agency to increase the numbers of training awards, premium grants and other grants being made available through the industrial training boards. This will provide about 7,000 additional training opportunities for young people.
258WFacilities for a further 1,000 places under the training opportunities scheme will also be available.
The numbers to be trained under the commission's contingency programme will rise to some 46,000, of whom about 33,000 will be young people.
The measures being implemented by the commission are designed to meet training needs as and where they arise. Thus the distribution of places will, in practice, depend on local needs and the extent to which individuals and employers are prepared to take advantage of them.