HC Deb 06 May 1981 vol 4 c67W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will seek to ensure that there is parity of treatment between academic trainees and craft trainees in the allocation of training funds.

Mr. Peter Morrison

The Manpower Services Commission's support for both academic and craft trainees is judged by the same criteria—that is, that industry is primarily responsible for the funding of such training and that public financing is generally limited to the volume by which unaided training falls short of industry's estimates of long-term need.