§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many trainees taken on under the 1981–82 shipbuilding industry training board training award scheme have been issued with notices saying that their training will not continue beyond the end of March 1983; and if he will subdivide this total by the training school of the trainees.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonSixty-five trainees have received notices informing them that their training will not be continued beyond the end of March 1983. In all cases the original offer of training was limited to one year, but, exceptionally, public money was made available to provide an additional 26 weeks of training for those award holders who could not be placed in employment by the end of that period. The numbers of trainees completing their training in each centre during March 1983 are as follows:
Number Hebburn (Tyne & Wear) Training Centre 24 Birkenhead Training Centre 10 Strathclyde Training Centre 20 Inverclyde Training Centre 9 North Devon Technical College 2