§ Mr. Donald Stewartasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what is his current year on industrial training and estimate of the amount to be spent in the retraining in England;
(2) what is his estimate of the amount to be spent in the current year on industrial training and retraining in Scotland.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that he expected expenditure by the Training Services Agency in the financial year ending 31st March 1976 for Great Britain as a whole is £189.5 million. It is not possible under the present accounting arrangements to apportion this amount between England and Scotland respectively. In addition to this figure there is also the very considerable expenditure on training activities carried out by industry itself from its own resources. It is not possible to calculate such expenditure.