§ Mr. Newtonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what estimate he has made of the additional amount of industrial training taking place in the construction industry, and in industry generally, as a result of the increased incentive grants announced in June 1976.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that if all the grants now on offer through industrial training boards and other organisations are taken up by employers, about 34,000 additional training places, including 3,800 in construction, will be occupied during the 1976–77 training year. In addition, over 7,000 grants have been made 713W available to safeguard normal recruitment in the construction industry. Details of actual take-up of these various grants are not yet available.