§ Mr. Harold Walkerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what amounts of money have been allocated for their training for skills programmes to the Construction Industry Training Board and the Engineering Industry Training Board for the years 1981–82 and 1982–83; and how this compares with the amounts made available for each of the preceding five years.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonFunds were offered under the training for skills programme to the Construction Industry Training Board and the Engineering Industry Training Board in the year 1976–77 to 1982–83 as follows:
£ '000s Construction industry training board Engineering industry training board 1976–77 3,489 5,860 1977–78 3,500 5,455 1978–79 4,800 6,474 1979–80 6,779 9,889 1980–81 12,614 17,440 1981–82 13,981 27,706 1982–83 11,200 31,750
§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment which Government grants are being made to the Construction Industry Training Board for 1982–83 and 1983–84; and how these sums compare with the amounts similarly made available, excluding levies on employers, in 1980–81 and 1981–82.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison£11.2 million has been offered to the construction industry training board under the training for skills programme for the financial year ending 31 March 1983. As yet no formal offer of funds has been made to the construction industry training board for the financial year 1 April 1983 to 31 March 1984; this is still being discussed. In the 1981–82 financial year £13.98 million, and in the 1980–81 financial year £12.61 million were offered to the board under the training for skills programme.