§ Mr. Speedasked the Secretary of State for Industry, if he will give further encouragement for schemes similar to Enterprise Ashford, details of which have been sent to him, which provide cost-effective means of creating new jobs.
§ Mr. MacGregor[pursuant to his reply, 26 January, Vol. 35, c. 449] I entirely agree with my hon. Friend. My
Training Year September 1978-August 1979 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 Crewe 220 285 216 178 149* Cheshire (including Crewe) 534 539 508 397 247* England 22,075 22,701 20,225 14,800 10,229* * Registration to date.
§ Mrs. Dunwoodyasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many engineering apprentices were made redundant in 1982 in (a) Crewe, (b) Cheshire and (c) England.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonFigures for the total numbers of redundancies among craft technician engineering trainees are not available. The numbers made known to the engineering industry training board are as follows:
Training Year Crewe Cheshire England September 1981/August 1982 None 21 1,249 September 1982 to date None 6 456