§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether the Training Agency has referred any cases of the misappropriation of funds on employment training schemes to the police or procurator fiscal judicial.
§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 14 December 1989]: No cases of misappropriation of funds have arisen to date on employment training. Where such cases occur they would be considered in accordance with Training Agency guidelines and where appropriate referred to the police. Thereafter it is for the procurator fiscal to decide whether a criminal prosecution is appropriate in any particular case.
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has any information about the qualifications for employment obtained by those on employment training schemes.
§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 14 December 1989]: This information is not currently available, but the Training Agency has initiated a 100 per cent. follow-up survey of employment training leavers which should eventually provide information about vocational qualifications obtained by trainees.
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§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what checks are made to ensure that the trainers on employment training schemes are properly qualified.
§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 14 December 19891: All supervisory staff of employment training providers are required to be competent to undertake such work and in addition these training providers are expected to have plans to develop and update the skills of their staff. Compliance with these requirements is examined during the ongoing programme monitoring carried out by Training Agency staff and is a prerequisite for attainment of approved training organisation status.