§ 57. Mr. Fisherasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he plans to increase support under the training in industry scheme for trainees in the building and construction industry.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThere has been a substantial increase in support for training in industry as a result of the launch of the youth training scheme. This has been of particular benefit to the construction and building industry, where around 18,000 young people have entered craft or technician training in 1983–84 compared with about 14,500 in 1982–83. At the same time the: Government have recently increased by 50 per cent. the: 163W adoption grant rates for assisting redundant apprentices to secure employment and continued training; and they are maintaining programmes to support training in priority skills and to assist sandwich course students. This support will also be available to the construction industry.