§ Mr. BlairTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many places on his Department's employment training programme had been filled by 31 December 1988 by region and by sector.
§ Mr. NichollsAt 31 December 1988 there were 108,000 trainees on employment training in Great Britain. A breakdown by region is given in the following table. Information by industrial sector is not available.
Employment Training In training at 31 December 1988 Number South East 7,100 London 10,500 South West 6,900 West Midlands 12,100 East Midlands and Eastern 9,000 Yorkshire and Humberside 16,000 North West 15,500 Northern 11,800 Wales 7,400 Scotland 11,700 Great Britain 108,000
§ Mr. BlairTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many employers were by 31 December 1988, providing work experience places for employment training by region and by sector.
§ Mr. NichollsThe information is not available. However, information on the number of trainees in employer-based training will be available from the end of the month.