§ Mr. FavellTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he has any plans for further training initiatives.
§ Mr. NichollsThe Government set out their plans for improving the quantity and quality of the national training effort in the December 1988 White Paper "Employment for the 1990s" (CM 540). My right hon. Friend has no immediate plans to announce further initiatives.
A further expansion of the compacts initiative was announced on 21 November. Funds are being made available immediately to assist the establishment of compacts in the following inner-city areas: Barnsley, Burnley, Lambeth, Nottingham, Rotherham, Wandsworth and Wigan. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales will shortly announce details of further compacts in Wales.