Enterprise Ashford (Hansard, 27 January 1983)

§ Mr. Speed
asked the Secretary of State for Industry, if he will give further encouragement for schemes similar to Enterprise Ashford, details of which have been sent to him, which provide cost-effective means of creating new jobs.

§ Mr. MacGregor
[pursuant to his reply, 26 January, Vol. 35, c. 449] I entirely agree with my hon. Friend. My

Training Year September 1978-August 1979 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83

Crewe 220 285 216 178 149^*

Cheshire (including Crewe) 534 539 508 397 247^*

England 22,075 22,701 20,225 14,800 10,229^*

^* Registration to date.

§ Mrs. Dunwoody
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many engineering apprentices were made redundant in 1982 in (a) Crewe, (b) Cheshire and (c) England.

§ Mr. Peter Morrison
Figures for the total numbers of redundancies among craft technician engineering trainees are not available. The numbers made known to the engineering industry training board are as follows:

Training Year Crewe Cheshire England

September 1981/August 1982 None 21 1,249

September 1982 to date None 6 456

	Training Year September 1978-August 1979	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83
Crewe	220	285	216	178	149^*
Cheshire (including Crewe)	534	539	508	397	247^*
England	22,075	22,701	20,225	14,800	10,229^*
^* Registration to date.

Training Year	Crewe	Cheshire	England
September 1981/August 1982	None	21	1,249
September 1982 to date	None	6	456