§ Mr. Durantasked the Secretary of State for Industry (1) what is the annual cost to his Department of providing post-school education and training; and what was the distribution of this expenditure by (a) regions, (b) industrial sectors and (c) the various types of educational establishment, including training within industry;
(2) how many people underwent, or are undergoing, post-school education and training paid for by his Department in 1975–76, 1976–77 and 1977–78; and what was the breakdown of these numbers by (a) regions, (b) industrial sectors and (c) the various types of educational establishment.
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§ Mr. Les HuckfieldTraining in industry is primarily the responsibility of the Department of Employment. However, in certain of its current activities the Department of Industry is contributing towards post-school education and training in industry, though it is not possible to analyse the figures as requested.
Training costs may be taken into account within total project costs in determining what amount of selective financial assistance should be offered under Sections 7 and 8 of the Industry Act 1972, but are not separately identified.
Since March 1976 the Department has provided £42,008 to assist in the setting up of an advanced course in production and manufacturing management run jointly by Cambridge and Lancaster universities. 33 students are attending the course.
The Department of Industry and the Science Research Council are jointly funding the teaching company scheme, the aims of which include the training of selected graduates entering manufacturing industry. The scheme, still in its early stages of development, has cost the Department £38,752 to date, and 28 graduates are participating. It is not possible to apportion costs between training and the other aims of the scheme.
In adition, the Departments of Industry, Trade and Prices and Consumer Protection have a common training service for departmental staff.
§ Mr. Durantasked the Secretary of State for Industry what percentage of the labour force now work for employers who have gained exemption from the industrial training levies by implementing their own training levy exemption schemes.
§ Mr. GoldingI have been asked to reply.
I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that 22 per cent. of the working population are employed in companies whose training arrangements have qualified for exemption from levy in accordance with the appropriate industry training board's criteria.
§ Mr. Durantasked the Secretary of State for Industry what was the annual contribution to the cost of post-school education and training made by the 363W industrial training levies, broken down by the 23 industrial training boards for the years 1974–75, 1975–76 and 1976–77.
§ Mr. GoldingI have been asked to reply.
ITB 1974–75 £'000
1975–76 £'000
1976–77 £'000
Air Transport … 3,348 95 104 Carpet … 370 469 606 Ceramics … 3,387 2,583 2,702 Chemicals … 6,294 104 62 Clothing … 898 586 655 Construction … 7,932 15,000 12,000 Cotton … 1,504 955 879 Distributive … 8,500 10,900 13,500 Engineering … 78,000 17,925 16,744 Food, Drink and Tobacco … 10,848 13,431 15,864 Footwear … 1,025 1,193 536 Foundry ITC … 2,374 2,971 3,264 Furniture and Timber … 2,471 1,921 3,605 Hotel and Catering … 2,430 3,635 4,616 Iron and Steel … 397 394 845 Knitting, Lace and Net … 478 57 51 Paper and Paper Products … 3,433 3,618 4,154 Petroleum … 434 100 127 Printing and Publishing … 2,810 1,675 1,570 Road Transport … 10,000 12,200 14,800 Rubber and Plastics … 2,906 1,987 1,762 Shipbuilding … 1,500 4,417 3,813 Wool … 1,086 243 116