§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what was the total number of employment training places(a) authorised and (b) filled on the latest date for which information is available.
§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 19 January 1989]There is provision for 41,473 employment training places in 1988–89 once the programme is fully operational. On 13 January 1989, 12,497 places were filled by employment training trainees. A further 7,174 were filled by those continuing under community programme terms and conditions.