§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were employed by the industrial training boards directly in December 1978, December 1979, and December 1980.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 19 May 1981]: I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the information is as follows:
Number of Persons directly employed by Industrial Training Boards December 1978 December 1979 December 1980 Air Transport and Travel 74 73 74 Carpet 18 16 16 Ceramics Glass and Mineral Products 127 120 116 Chemical and Allied Products 156 150 149 Clothing and Allied Textiles 76 69 73 Construction 783 778 785 Cotton and Allied Textiles 88 81 79 Distributive 478 467 474 Engineering (excluding Foundry ITC) 939 900 882 (Foundry Industry Training Committee) 68 69 68 Food, Drink and Tobacco 195 188 170 Footwear Leather and Fur Skin 51 44 45 Furniture and Timber 104 101 99 Hotel and Catering 272 260 259 Iron and Steel 68 57 55 Knitting Lace and Net 61 54 59 Man-Made Fibres Producing 6 7 7 Paper and Paper Products 86 84 84 Petroleum 84 95 103 Printing and Publishing 176 167 165 Road Transport 866 866 807 Rubber and Plastics Processing 104 102 111 Shipbuilding 85 88 76 Wool Jute and Flax 55 57 51 Total 5,020 4,893 4,777
§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish for each industrial training board the amount of money paid to further education colleges for each year since 1974.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 19 May 1981]: In general, industrial training boards do not make payments direct to colleges of further education, but rather 111W pay grants to employers in respect of the training of their employees, which may involve releasing them for training or further education at such colleges. Information about money paid direct to colleges by boards cannot be obtained without disproportionate cost.