§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many apprenticeships there were in the construction industry in (a) Edinburgh and (b) Scotland in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Alexander Fletcher[pursuant to his reply, 17 February 1983, c. 224]: There are no comprehensive statistics on apprenticeship provision and separate figures for Edinburgh are not available. The following table gives the number of apprentices who undertook courses approved by the Construction Industry Training Board in Scotland in each of the last five training years.
Apprentice intake to Construction Industry Training Board approved craft and technician training courses in Scotland Training Years (September to August) Number of Apprentices 1977–78 2,975 1978–79 3,697 1979–80 3,907 1980–81 3,719 1981–82 3,178