§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment when the evaluation of the first phase of training credits will be published; and if special needs is one of the selection criteria being used for the second round of bids for training credits.
Mr. JacksonI hope to publish evaluation results from the first nine months of operating training credits in the spring of 1992. Evaluation will, of course, continue well beyond that, to identify the achievements of young people currently beginning training and the impact of credits on young people who leave school in 1992 and subsequently. Training for those with special needs is one of the factors that I will take into account in selecting successful applications for the second round, and all bidders were specifically asked to set out their plans for meeting special training needs.