§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how managing agencies assess whether the sponsors of training places under the new community programme are using trainees as substitutes for regular staff; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. LeeThe community programme and other adult training programmes are being replaced by a new training programme for unemployed people from September 1988. The Manpower Services Commission is currently considering the detailed operational arrangements for the new programme, including the arrangements for employer-based placements and training, and has been asked to submit its recommendations by mid-January next