§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the total expenditure in 1990–91 on(a) identifying the scale of national skill needs and (b) identifying at national level measures to provide such skills in the tourism and leisure sectors.
§ Mr. Eggar[holding answer 1 May 1990]Information about the total cost of identifying the scale of national skill needs in 1990–91 is not available. The work done by the Training Agency's skills unit will cost £680,000, including £240,000 for research. Work is also done by other bodies including industry training organisations. The identification of skill needs in the tourism and leisure sectors and the identification of appropriate measures to provide such skills is the responsibility of the industrial training organisations in that sector.