§ 53. Mr. Stanbrookasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will discontinue the payment of grant-aid to the Trades Union Congress for the training of shop stewards.
§ Mr. Mark Carlisle: As my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State announced in a written reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Knutsford (Mr. Bruce-Gardyne) on 13 February—[Vol. 978, c. 650]—£1.674 million has been offered to the TUC jointly by my Department and the Department of Employment as grant-aid towards eligible expenditure by the TUC and affiliated trade unions on trade union education and training during the present financial year.
No decision has yet been taken about grant for future years.