§ Ms. ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of the numbers of school students currently participating in school industry-linked compact schemes.
§ Mr. CopeMy Department is currently assisting partnerships of employers and education authorities in 30 inner-city areas to develop plans to establish compacts in 1989. Applications for operational funding are due to be submitted early in the new year. Until then it will not be possible to provide any estimate of the numbers of young people who will be participating.