§ Mr. McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what transitional funding he proposes to offer to training managers to cover the shortfall between their contractual cost commitments to existing trainees and the unit cost per trainee they are receiving under the new contract.
§ Mr. NichollsFunding arrangements for employment training, including any transitional arrangements, are for negotiation between training managers and the local training and enterprise council or area office concerned.
§ Mr. McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of contracted training places awarded to training managers in each of the(a) private, (b) local authority and (c) voluntary sectors; and what were the comparable figures under the old contract.
§ Mr. NichollsThe information requested is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.