§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment how much was spent by his Department in grants to employers for in-service training; if he will break down the total to show how much went towards training male and female workers; and if he will show how 1971 compares with each of the years 1965 to 1970.
§ Mr. BryanThe total amount of grants paid in each of the years 1965 to 1971 to firms in development and intermediate
480Wthe OFFICIAL REPORT details showing the number of males and females, over and under 18 years of age, registered at each employment exchange in Lanarkshire, and the total this represents of the insurable population.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
areas to assist them with the cost of training their workers is as follows:
£'000s 1965 63 1966 636 1967 823 1968 1,674 1969 2,870 1970 3,975 1971 3,777 Separate figures of the amounts that went towards training male and female workers are not available. However, in 1971 the grants assisted with the training of about 26,500 men and 23,500 women.