HC Deb 22 March 1979 vol 964 cc743-4W
Mr. Pardoe

asked 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. Pardoe

asked 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. 964, c. 530], gave the following answer:

I regret that the information is not available.

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