§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement about new training measures in Scotland.
§ Mr. Allan StewartApart from the training credits pilot, which will become operational under the management of Grampian Enterprise Limited on 1 April 1991,488W there are no new national training measures to be introduced in Scotland in 1991–92. However, Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and local enterprise companies will become fully operational on 1 April 1991 and will have full responsibility for administration of the Government's training programmes in Scotland.
The local enterprise companies, in preparing their businees plans, have been encouraged to adopt an innovative approach to the provision of training in their areas; and it is clear from the business plans which I have seen that they have risen to this challenge and have developed many interesting new approaches to deal with training needs in their area. Decisions on development of these ideas into operational concepts have yet to be taken by Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and individual local enterprise companies, in the light of the resources available to them and their own priorities.