§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of the Scottish construction industry's intake of apprentices for 1976; and how it compares with each of the past five years.
§ Mr. GoldingFigures for the total construction industry intake of apprentices in Scotland for 1976, and preceding years, are not available: however, I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the planned intake of
610WWales, in January and July 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1975, and in January and April 1976.
§ Mr. GoldingFollowing is the information available:
craft apprentices to the Construction Industry Training Board approved course of initial off-the-job training in Scotland for the year commencing 1st August 1976, is 1,474. The number recruited for off the-job training was 1,405 in 1975-76, 1,022 in 1974-75 and 164 in 1973-74 which was the first year of this new scheme of training.
§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of the Scottish engineering industry's intake 611W of apprentices for 1976; and how it compares with each of the past five years.
§ Mr. GoldingFigures for the total engineering industry intake of apprentices in Scotland for 1976 and preceding years are not available; however, I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the number of trainees registered with the Engineering Industry Training Board approved courses of first-year off-the-job training and related further education in Scotland, for the year commencing 1st September 1975, is 2,121. The comparable figures for the preceding years are:
1970-71 2,591 1971-72 2,318 1972-73 1,707 1973-74 1,864 1974-75 2,438