§ Mr. Durantasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were trained by each industrial training board in 1977, or the most recent 12-month period for which his Department has records, broken down by regions.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the primary responsibility of industrial training boards is to ensure that adequate training is carried out within their 187W industries, not to provide training themselves. The bulk of training is carried out by employers and, although this will often be with financial assistance from, and to standards recommended by, the appropriate industrial training board, it is not possible to put a figure to the number of people trained with ITB support.
§ Mr. Durantasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total cost of each industrial training board of training in 1977, or the most recent 12-month period for which his Department has records, broken down by regions.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that in the financial year 1976–77, the latest for which information is available, the total cost of each industrial training board for training was as shown below. Each board's figures show the total expenditure for the whole of Great Britain, an analysis broken down by regions is not available.
Board Figures in £000 Air Transport and Travel 1,787 Carpet 751 Ceramics, Glass & Mineral Products 3,995 Chemical and Allied Products 2,478 Clothing and Allied Products 3,348 Construction 24,974 Cotton and Allied Textiles 1,640 Distributive 20,397 Engineering 37,834 Food, Drink & Tobacco 4,400 Footwear, Leather & Fur Skin 702 Foundry (Industry Training Committee) 4,658 Furniture and Timber 5,225 Hotel and Catering 7,188 Iron and Steel 1,296 Knitting, Lace and Net 541 Man-made Fibres Producing 136 Paper and Paper Products 5,075 Petroleum 955 Printing and Publishing 3,810 Road Transport 29,607 Rubber and Plastics Processing 5,526 Shipbuilding 5,300 Wool, Jute and Flax 462 TOTAL 172,085