§ Mr. Formanasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the distribution of expenditure by his Department or other bodies for which he is ministerially responsible on post-school education and training in 1975–76 and 1976–77 by (a) regions, (b) types of training institution, (c) courses provided, (d) sex, and (e) age group.
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§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that financial information is not available in the form requested. National expenditure on meeting the training needs of the individual, including the cost of head office buildings and administration, has therefore been apportioned to regions in the Table A below on the basis of the number of trainees completing training in each region.
TABLE A EXPENDITURE BY REGION Region 1975–76 1976–77 £'000 £'000 Scotland 13,132 19,198 North East 14,677 23,576 North West 18,208 27,450 Midlands 17,987 25,934 Wales and West 15,780 23,071 South East 15,449 25,260 London 15,118 23,914 110,351 168,403 (c)Courses provided, (d) sex and (e) age group. Expenditure is not identifiable by sex and age group of trainees, and is not identifiable to courses provided without incurring disproportionate expenditure.
TABLE B EXPENDITURE BY INSTITUTION 1975–76 1976–77 £'000 £'000 Skillcentrcs 48,212 62,081 Colleges of Further Education, Private Colleges, etc. 53,622 93,196