§ Mr. Cleggasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the percentage of those retrained under Government training schemes who get jobs in the trades for which they have retrained.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that, during 1975, 57 per cent. of the people who completed a course of training under the Training Opportunities Scheme were placed, or are known to have found work, in their training trade.
There is no obligation on ex-trainees to use the employment service on completion of their training. There may, therefore, be other ex-trainees working in their training trade of whom we are unaware.