HC Deb 24 May 1990 vol 173 c302W
103. Mr. Wallace

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to encourage LEC consortia to submit outline bids for a training credit pilot programme.

Mr. Lang

The Industry Department for Scotland encouraged all local enterprise company consortia which had been awarded development funding by 27 March 1990 to consider bidding to run a training credit pilot scheme. Three consortia (Caithness and Sutherland Enterprise, Grampian Enterprise and Fife Enterprise) submitted outline bids by the deadline of 4 May 1990.

Mr. Wallace

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of managing agents providing work-based training under YTS in Scotland are approved training organisations.

Mr. Lang

In Scotland, 99.7 per cent. of managing agents providing work-based training under YTS are approved training organisations.