§ Mr. GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what Government spending has been per head of the labour force on training in the north-west in each of the last three years; and what was the national average in each of those years.
§ Mr. CopeThe information is shown in the Training Commission (formerly Manpower Services Commission) annual report in the House of Commons Library.
The figures are available only for the financial years 1986–87 and 1987–88. The figures for 1986–87 include expenditure by the employment and enterprise group, most of which was transferred to the Department of Employment on 26 October 1988 and now forms part of the employment service.
The expenditure per head of the labour force was as follows:
North-West National £ £ 1986–87 131 107 1987–88 126 102.5