HC Deb 17 December 1993 vol 234 cc1033-4W
Dame Angela Rumbold

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what plans he has for maintaining the national targets for national education and training until the target date of 1996.

Miss Widdecombe

The Government endorse the national targets and have established the National Advisory Council for Education and Training Targets to

Employment Department
Function Regional Office Area Office (s)
Industrial Tribunals Birmingham Exeter
Bristol Exeter
Bury St Edmunds Bedford
Cardiff Shrewsbury
Leeds Sheffield
London (North), WC1
London (South), Croydon Ashford
Manchester liverpool
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Nottingham Leicester
Southampton Brighton
Reading
Redundancy Payments Offices Birmingham (South West, Midlands and Wales Group)
Manchester (Northern Group) Manchester Edinburgh
London and South Eastern Counties, Watford
Race Relations Employment Advisory Service Brimingham
Leeds
London
Manchester
Nottingham
Wages Inspectorate London NW1
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Employment Agency Licensing Offices Watford
Birmingham
Leeds
Training, Enterprise and Education Directorate Birmingham
Manchester
Basingstoke
London WC1
Nottingham
Newcastle-upon-Tyne

monitor progress towards them and to give advice on policies affecting that progress. Towards the end of 1994, the council plans to begin consulting on a review of the targets.