HC Deb 14 March 1990 vol 169 c304W
Mr. Tony Lloyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give details of(a) the present membership of the Hulme and Moss Side community economic development trust and the means by which they were selected and (b) the mechanism by which elections will take place for the trust board including details of how voting will be conducted.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The information requested is a matter for the trust itself.

Mr. Tony Lloyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give details of projects assisted by the Hulme and Moss Side task force which involve a training element and which do not involve employment training.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

Since the introduction of employment training the task force has assisted the following projects for unemployed adults involving a non-ET training elementRoots Oral History—20 trainees—Basic editorial skills in producing a book Community Computing—30 trainees—Equipment for a "drop-in" training centre for Information Technology (re) familiarisation.

In both cases, the training offered is of an informal nature and aimed at unemployed people who are not yet ready to follow an ET training course.

Mr. Tony Lloyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in what way the Hulme and Moss Side task force makes applicants for assistance aware of Department of Trade and Industry encouragement of the use of employment training.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

Employment training is recommended to applicants as a source of funding whenever it seems appropriate.