§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the training and employment programmes run by the Department of Employment in 785W Scotland; and if he will indicate which, if any, of these programmes will not be wholly transferred to the new Scottish Enterprise Agency when it is established.
§ Mr. LangThe training and employment programmes run by the Department of Employment in Scotland are set out in the table:
- Youth Training Scheme
- Employment Training
- Community Opportunities
- Enterprise Allowance Scheme
- Business Growth Scheme
- Technical and Vocational Education Initiative
- Training Access Points
- Compacts
- Development of Vocational Qualifications
- Enterprise in Higher Education
- Scottish Wider Access Programme
- Employment Rehabilitation Service
- Community Industry
- Restart
- Job Clubs
- Job Start
- Job Share
- Disablement Advisory Service
- Disablement Resettlement Service
- Sheltered Employment
- Travel to Interview Scheme
The programmes which will not be wholly transferred to Scottish Enterprise are:
- Technical and Vocational Education Initiative
- Enterprise in Higher Education
- Employment Rehabilitation Service
- Restart
- Job Clubs
- Job Start
- Job Share
- Disablement Advisory Service
- Disablement Resettlement Service
- Sheltered Employment
- Travel to Interview Scheme