§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the total amount of money spent on work-related Government training schemes in each of the years 1983–88 inclusive.
§ Mr. Cope[holding answer 15 May 1989]: The expenditure by the Government on work-related training programmes in Great Britain in the relevant financial years is as follows:
Year to 31 March £ million 1983–84 837 1984–85 999 1985–86 1,042 1986–87 1,135 1987–88 1,300