§ Mr. Pardoeasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of apprentices per thousand employees in Cornwall and England and Wales, respectively.
§ Mr. Golding, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 20 March 1979; Vol. 964, c. 530], gave the following information:
An analysis by country and region is available for the engineering and related industries. The May 1977 estimates of numbers of apprentices per thousand employees are:
South-West region 42.1 England 31.9 Wales 29.7 Estimates of the number of apprentices per 1,000 employees in all manufacturing industries are available only for Great Britain as a whole. The latest estimate, which relates to May 1977, is 21.3.
§ Mr. Pardoeasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of apprentices per thousand employers in Cornwall and England and Wales, respectively.
§ Mr. Golding, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 20 March 1979; Vol. 744W 964, c. 530], gave the following answer:
I regret that the information is not available.