§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish, for each region and for each area of the special programmes division of the Manpower Services Commission, the number of short industrial courses in colleges of further education organised in 1978–79 and 1979–80.
§ Mr. Jim LesterI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission—MSC—that the following figures relate to the number of short training courses—formally known as short industrial courses—in colleges of further education organised in 1978–79 and 1979–80. A "course" is taken to run for one academic term 635W with a fresh intake of young people three times a year.
Financial year 1978–79 1979–80 Special Programmes Division (MSC) Regions Number of ST courses Number of ST courses (1) LONDON London 55‡ 63‡ (2) SOUTH-EAST Ipswich 27 18 Horsham 20 14 High Wycombe 39 16 Southampton 41 43 (3) YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE Hull 32 43 Leeds 62 68 North Yorkshire 2 0 Sheffield 51 55 (4) NORTHERN Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 71 84 Cleveland and Durham 12 13 Carlisle 13 12 (5) NORTH-WEST Lancashire 37 29 Manchester 44 41 Liverpool (inner) 45 38 Liverpool (outer) 112 111 (6) SOUTH-WEST Bristol 22 14 Exeter 25 21 (7) SCOTLAND Dumfries 2 4 Dundee 7 9 Edinburgh 26 26 Glasgow (a) 19 18 Glasgow (b) 13 15 Inverness 3 4 (8) WALES North 21 21 South 55 56 West 7 7 (9) MIDLANDS Birmingham 27 29* Coventry 71 68 Nottingham 39 47 Wolverhampton 51 39*† Total 1,051 1,026 *These figures do not include the Holyhead Road youth training centre. † This reduction results from the dropping of the 2 and 4 week "Faster" courses. ‡ May not coincide with SPD London area.