§ 106. Mr. John Grantasked the Secretary of State for Industry how much the Government have spent under the micro- 162W processor applications programme to develop training courses; and how many courses and training places have thereby been created.
§ Mr. David MitchellThe following tables set out the expenditure on types and numbers of microelectronic training courses approved under the microprocessor applications project up to 31 May 1979.
TABLE 1 APPROVED PROPOSALS BY TYPE OF INSTITUTION Number of proposals Amount of grant £ Universities 14 710,354 Polytechnics 12 293,701 Further education and higher education 14 205,326 Research associations 2 114,002 Private sector 15 443,784 57 1,797,167
TABLE 2 APPROVED PROPOSALS BY DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY REGION Number of proposals Amount of grant £ Northern — — North-West 11 209,775 Yorkshire and Humber-side 7 160,576 East Midlands 7 102,402 West Midlands 1 22,900 South-West 2 15,892 London and South-East 13 535,131 Eastern 7 148,948 Scotland 2 26,414 Wales 2 3,175 Northern Ireland 1 2,350 National bodies 4 569,604 57 1,797,167 As regards the numbers of training places thereby created we estimate these to be 2,363 in 1978–79, 16,129 in 1979–80, and 20,868 in 1980–81.