§ Mr. Michael McNair-WilsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the training schemes currently available in the Province and the total number of those engaged in them in the age groups 18 to 25 years, 25 to 40 years and 40 to 65 years.
§ Mr. Viggers[holding answer 8 March 1988]: The available information is as follows:
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Scheme 18 to 24 years 25 to 39 years 40 to 65 years Training Centres 432 250 124 Attachment Training 476 135 37 Skill Training Scheme 850 — — (entrants) Sandwich Course Grant Scheme 155 — — Job Training Programme (pilot) 122 14 — Junior Management Development Scheme 43 13 — Industrial Scholarship Scheme 65 — — European Export Marketing Programme 6 3 — USA Export Marketing Programme 4 1 — Graduate Attachment Programme 30 — — New Enterprise Programme 11 — 1 Management Extension Programme — 4 5 Training Employers Premises Scheme 1,993 1,788 1— Manpower Training Scheme (pilot) — — 2— 1 The figures given represent the number of employees for whom claims have been made in the current financial year to January 1988. It is not possible to state how many are currently on the scheme. Information is available only in two categories, those aged under 25 years and 25 years and over. A further breakdown of the latter category could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
2 This is a discretionary scheme negotiated with individual companies. There are currently 14 companies benefiting from the scheme. Information in the form requested regarding employee participation is not presently available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.