§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will provide figures showing the overall operating budgets of industry training boards and non-statutory training organisations in 1984–85, distinguishing industry funding from Manpower Services Commission funding;
(2) if he will give figures for the number of staff employed by industry training boards in 1979 and by industry training boards and non-statutory training organisations together in 1984, broken down into permanent staff and staff funded on a 12 month basis by the Manpower Services Commission.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 9 July 1985, c. 418]: Training in sectors of industry covered by non-statutory training arrangements is the responsibility of employers in those sectors and financial and manpower information relating to them is not collected centrally by the Manpower Services Commission. The table shows figures for the numbers of staff employed by the seven industry training boards currently operating. The other information requested is either not available or could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.
Staff employed by ITBs* 1979 1984 Clothing and Allied Products ITB 73 67 Construction ITB† 810 797 Engineering ITB 990 764 Hotel and Catering ITB 279 336 Offshore Petroleum ITB 82 73 Plastics Processing ITB 103 63 Road Transport ITB 800 405 * There are no ITB staff directly funded by the MSC. † Full-time equivalents.