§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment with what existing national examining bodies he proposes to discuss his proposals for a national training qualification.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe Government's proposals for the future development of training and vocational education are set out in the White Paper "Training for Jobs" (Cmnd. 9135). They stress the importance of opening up access to training and jobs through a coherent system of training standards and certificates of competence, covering achievement in vocational education and training, both initially and throughout working
Employees in Employment in England thousands Orders of the Standard Industrial Classification 1968 Food, drink and tobacco III Coal, petroleum and chemical productsIV-V Metal manufacture VI Engineering and allied VII-XII Textile leather and clothing X1I1-XV Other manufacturing XV1-XIX June 1965 652 433 *488 3,290 *l,107 1,383 1966 *653 *439 477 *3,322 1,088 *1,386 1967 647 433 450 3,251 1,017 1,343 1968 633 414 442 3,196 999 1,373 1969 641 431 443 3,242 1,012 1,375 1970 648 435 451 3,258 966 1,365 1971 627 427 420 3,175 918 1,324 1972 614 417 388 3,036 888 1,310 1973 613 413 390 3,056 874 1,330 1974 622 417 381 3,084 853 1,336 1975 590 414 374 2,953 792 1,255 1976 581 405 353 2,860 762 1,226 1977 578 413 363 2,887 767 1,218 1978 573 420 347 2,905 738 1,218 1979 573 423 338 2,898 719 1,219 1980 567 412 312 2,821 641 1,171 1981 532 379 260 2,524 548 1,076 1982 515 362 238 2,376 522 1,023 1983 491 343 210 2,238 503 987 * Peak.