HC Deb 18 February 1981 vol 999 c135W
Mr. Les Hucfield

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what estimates he has made of the costs of declaring redundant staffs of industrial training boards as a result of the proposals in the Employment and Training Bill.

Mr. Peter Morrison

The Employment and Training Bill will enable my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to establish, abolish or change the scope of an industrial training board without a recommendation from the Manpower Services Commission, but after consultation with it. No decisions will be taken on the future of particular boards until the commission has completed its sector-by-sector review of industrial training needs.

Industrial training boards have their own redundancy schemes which are not uniform and I am unable to estimate at the present time the cost of redundancies which may arise from the proposals in the Employment and Training Bill.