§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Employment what provision his Department, working in conjunction with industrial training boards, has made for the training of school leavers; how many industries operate school-leaver schemes; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BryanA number of industrial training boards are providing awards to young people which cover the cost of their initial craft training and support during training. My Department is meeting half the total cost of about £2½ million.
Awards have been offered as follows:
Over 3,000 awards have been taken up so far.
Industry Number Engineering 2,500 Construction 326 Foundry 200 Hotel and Catering 200 Road Transport 1,000 Rubber and plastics 100 4,326