§ 24. Mr. Gerald Bowdenasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the Government's adult training plans.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonPlans which will enable us to double to 250,000 the number of adults who receive training through Government programmes are well in hand. About half of those benefiting are expected to be unemployed people. As my right hon. Friend announced on 30 July, these will by 1986–87 include some 50,000 of the 200,000 long-term unemployed adults passing through the community programme each year.
§ Sir Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the life expectancy of the national steering group for local collaborative projects under the adult training strategy.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe National Steering Group for Local Collaborative Projects will remain in existence only as long as necessary to discharge its functions. These include oversight of the programme, details of which were announced to the House on 12 April, at columns 366–67, and approval of the more expensive projects.