§ Mr. Pikeasked the Paymaster General how many places were available at skillcentres in: (a) the north-west region and (b) Lancashire in (i) 1979 and (ii) the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Trippier79,000 weeks of training were provided in the north-west region of the Skills Training Agency in 1985–86, 15,500 of them in Lancashire. Figures for 1979 are not available.
Statistics on skillcentre training volumes have, since 1983, been kept in terms of training weeks provided, rather than places available.