HC Deb 08 February 1972 vol 830 c339W
Mr. Gwynoro Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were trained in private industry through Government training assistance in each year from 1964 to 1971 in Wales.

Mr. Bryan

Following is the information:

Numbers assisted in Wales under the Training Grants Schemes for training workers in Development and Intermediate Areas:
1964–1967—not available
1968 6,400
1969 10,700
1970 12,900
1971 10,600*
The figures in the above table are rounded to the nearest hundred.
*The figure for 1971 includes 116 trainees under the Scheme for training older workers, begun in 1971.

Numbers trained in employers' premises under the Government Vocational Training Scheme:

1964 2
1965 6
1966 7
1967 5
1968 1
1969 6
1970 12
1971 16