§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the levels of sponsorship which his Department has devoted to information technology training schemes in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. ButcherThe information is as follows:
Information Technology Centres (ITeCs) £ million 1979 Nil 1980 Nil 1981 Nil 1982 1.2 1983 3.0 1984 4.3
Number of applications received by region as at 1.3.85 Region 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 (to date) Total East Midlands 53 57 94 183 254 135 776 North Eastern 16 22 32 147 110 44 371 North Western 71 82 132 171 283 142 881 Scottish Office 49 38 70 86 126 45 414 South Eastern 403 381 630 995 1,254 676 4,339 South Western 62 56 111 143 214 94 680 Welsh Office 16 15 29 49 87 38 234 West Midlands 70 96 162 238 392 202 1,160 Yorkshire and Humberside 68 82 136 158 162 124 730 TOTALS 808 829 1,396 2,170 2,882 1,500 9,585 Of the 9,595 applications received, 2,883 have been rejected as follows:
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Number of rejected cases by region from 1.4.79 to 1.3.85 Region Total East Midlands 214 North Eastern 90 North Western 293 Scottish Office 126 South Eastern 1,260 South Western 227
Microelectronics Application Project Training Scheme £ million 1978–79 0.05 1979–80 1.3 1980–81 1.9 1981–82 1.9 1982–83 1.42 1983–84 1.06
Micros in Schools Scheme £ million 1981 1.2 1982 4.4 1983 6.8 1984 3.6 The advanced manufacturing technology scheme and information technology year 1982, although primarily awareness programmes, also involve some funding for the development of training schemes, but separate figures for this are not available.