§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what improvements have been effected for industrial training by his Department and by employers in the South-West Scotland Economic Planning Region.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkThe South-West Economic Planning Region, in common242W with the rest of Scotland, has benefited from the overall increase in training facilities provided by my Department. Under the Training Opportunities Scheme, the training needs of the South-West area are served by the Irvine Government Training Centre, the capacity of which has doubled since its opening in 1964; and by courses in colleges of further education at Dumfries, Ayr and Kilmarnock which have been started in the last 18 months.
§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the amount of grant paid for industrial training purposes, in the private sector, in each of the past four years in the South-West Scotland Planning Region.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkUnder the Department's grants schemes for training workers in assisted areas the following amounts were paid to employers in the South-West Scotland Planning Region:
- 1969—Information not available.
- 1970—£67,000.
- 1971—£26,000.
- 1972—£28,000.