§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he is yet in a position to announce how the extra £15 million for job creation and training is to be allocated to the regions.
§ Mr. GoldingFor the general expansion of TOPS training, the Manpower Services Commission expects to increase the objective for 1977 from 82,000 completions to 84,000 and to share the increase between the Training Services Agency's seven regions. The commission is also considering the acceleration of the skillcentre building programme, but it is not yet possible to say how this might be distributed among the regions. I am informed by the commission that it has not as yet allocated the extra £5 milion for job creation among the regions.