§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State what has been the intake of engineering apprentices in (a) Dundee, (b) Tayside and (c) Scotland in each year since 1978; and how many apprentices have been made redundant in the last year in each of the three cases.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe available information—which relates to firms within the scope of the Engineering Industry Training Board in Scotland—is given in the following tables.
Intake of Engineering Apprentices 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1 September 1982 to date Dundee 134 100 87 87 61 Tayside 201 158 123 146 95 Scotland 2,366 2,004 1,600 1,425 929
Redundancies Amongst Engineering Apprentices 1981–82 1 September 1982 to date Dundee 3 0 Tayside 3 0 Scotland 158 23