§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will now 194W make a statement on the progress of his review of industrial training boards.
§ Mr. BryanI would refer the hon. Gentleman to my speech in the debate of 13th May, and my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Rochester and Chatham (Mrs. Fenner) on 24th May.—[Vol. 817, c. 706 and 709–10; Vol. 818, c. 33.]
§ Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many firms in the Barnsley area, the South Yorkshire intermediate area, and nationally have taken advantage of the Industrial Training Act to employ the over forties; and how many people have so far been employed.
§ Mr. BryanThe same grants are available from Industrial Training Boards for adults over 40 as for those under 40 and the available statistics do not make distinctions on ground of age.
From 1st January last my Department has operated in the development and intermediate areas only a scheme of grants towards the cost of training unemployed workers age 45 and over for new jobs. The information in respect of this scheme is as follows:
Area Number of applications received Barnsley 3 Intermediate Areas in Yorkshire 21 All assisted areas 402 Each application relates to an individual worker. Statistics on the number of firms involved are not available.