§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate what proportion of their turnover firms in the private sector in Scotland spend on training.
§ Mr. RifkindIt is not feasible to produce the information requested because many companies located in Scotland operate on a national or international basis and their Scottish training costs cannot be separately identified.
820WIn connection with its major study "Training in Britain" the Training Agency commissioned an employers' activities study. The public and private sector employers in Scotland that responded to that study jointly spent £665 million on training in 1986–87.
"Training in Britain" estimated that net training expenditure by British employers in 1986–87 was of the order of £18 billion; but was not able to relate this directly to turnover.