§ Mr. Brightasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total level of expenditure incurred by each industrial training board and the amount raised by levies in the industries affected.
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§ Mr. Jim LesterI refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Knutsford (Mr. Bruce-Gardyne) on 3 June.—[Vol. 985. c.685–86.] Pursuant to that reply, the additional information asked for is as follows :
Gross income from levy (1978–79) £m Air transport and travel 5.053 Carpet 0.732 Ceramics glass & mineral products 2.863 Chemical and allied products 11.830 Clothing and allied products 3.202 Construction 17.385 Cotton and allied textiles 3.042 Distributive 22.837 Engineering 95.817 Food, drink & tobacco 23.180 Footwear, leather and furskin 2.301 Foundry industry training committee 4.287 Furniture & timber 4.321 Hotel & catering 5.825 Iron & steel 10.005 Knitting lace & net 1.209 Man-made fibre — Paper & paper products 3.739 Petroleum 0.976 Printing & publishing 7.425 Road transport 23.101 Rubber and plastics 6.656 Shipbuilding 2.780 Wool, jute & flax 1.353 *There are great differences between the policies of boards on exemption from levy. These figures include the amounts of levy income which have been received had boards not operated levy exemption arrangements.