§ Mr. Alexanderasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were employed on a 191W Government-sponsored TOPS training scheme in the last year; and how many of these went on to find full-time employment after the end of their course.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonIn the financial year ending March 1981, 82,558 people entered training under the training opportunities scheme.
A survey of 1 in 6 of those completing vocational courses under the scheme shows that, seasonally adjusted, in the nine months ending December 1980, 56 per cent. were in either full or part-time employment three months after training and 46 per cent. were using the skills they had learnt.