§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many apprenticeship places were provided by companies in the (a) engineering, (b) construction, (c) road transport and (d) other industrial sectors for each year since 1970; and how many places he estimates will be provided this year;
(2) if his Department has any evidence that companies are making apprentices redundant before they have completed their training courses; and if he will make a statement;
(3) how many trained bricklayers and carpenters or joiners have received training at skillcentres in the West Midlands since they opened; and what information is available as to the percentage of those trained in these crafts who have stayed in the building industry over each year since then.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.