§ Mr. Formanasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will set out in tabular form the full range of training courses now provided for young people from 16 years old on; and if he will give the numbers of those now doing such courses that are (a) funded exclusively by industry, (b) funded exclusively by Government and (c) jointly funded by industry and Government, as well as the total sums of money involved in providing them.
§ Mr. Golding,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 18th July 1977; Vol.
Type of Course Government Numbers in training on 31st March 1977 Funding Estimated cost* Joint Industry/Government Numbers in training on 31st March 1977 Funding Estimated cost* £million £million Short industrial courses 3,329 13.5† Occupational selection courses 1,070 — — Wider opportunities courses 69 Incentive grants to employers for additional recruitment to long-term training — — 26,631 26.69*‡ Incentive grants to employers providing additional places for college-based sandwich course students — — 1,064 0.98*‡ Training award schemes 4,237 6.36 1,907 2.72 Grants and awards for redundant apprentices and unplaced award holders 368 0.38 2,855 2.35† £ Schemes of unified vocational preparation 150 36,000§ — — * Cost figures relate to expenditure spread over the financial years 1976–77 and 1977–78 except where otherwise stated. †Represents the cost of training 15,000 young people during the financial year 1976–77. ‡These figures represent the contribution of Government and industrial training boards to training funded jointly with employers. § Represents the cost of training 150 young people during the financial year 1976–77.