§ 97. Mr. HardyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the industries and the areas where he has been advised that there are significant shortages of skills such as to present a risk to effective or planned industrial production; and what action he proposes to take in response.
§ Mr. NichollsThe detailed information is not available in the form requested.
It is for employers to assess their future skills needs in the light of their overall business plans and take the appropriate action. Details of the Government's sizeable contributions are set out in the White Paper "Employment in the 1990s" (Cd 540).