Training (Hansard, 24 July 1990)

§ 28. Mr. Wray
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of the total British work force attended formal training courses in 1989.

§ Mr. Forth
The information is not available in the form requested.

§ 42. Mr. Carrington
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he has any proposals to oblige every company to set up a training body with guaranteed trade union representation at every workplace.

§ Mr. Forth
There are no such plans. The most effective incentive for companies to train is a knowledge and understanding of their skill needs, not centralised regulation.

§ 49. Mr. Holt
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment when he last met his opposite numbers in Germany, France and Italy to discuss training.

§ Mr. Howard
This year I have visited West Germany and Italy to discuss training issues with my opposite numbers. When I attended the EC Labour and Social Affairs Council of Ministers in May and an informal meeting of this Council in Italy on 12 July, at which training was discussed, I met my counterparts from these and other EC member states.