§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many apprenticeship training places have been or will be eliminated from Birmingham as a consequence of the 2,800 redundancies recently announced by the Lucas Company and what action his Department has taken to compensate for the damage to the job prospects of Birmingham's young people.
§ Mr. John Fraser,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 30th June 1975; Vol. 894, c. 303], gave the following information:
I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that it is not the intention of the Lucas Company to make any apprentices redundant in Birmingham and consequently there will be no loss of apprenticeship training places.
The Engineering Industry Training Board has recently announced the mounting of a Training Award Scheme to offer additional opportunities for young people to train for skilled employment. A number of these award places will be available to young persons in the Birmingham area to compensate for the possible reduction of training opportunities on offer by other Birmingham companies.