§ Mr. LathamTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will make a statement on the representations he has received from Mr. T. L. Cox, on behalf of the Leicestershire employment training managers' forum, dated 26 February; what reply he has sent; and what specific training arrangements he envisages for ethnic minority groups or disadvantaged persons.
Mr. JacksonMy right hon. and learned Friend has received the letter from Mr. T. L. Cox on behalf of the Leicestershire employment training managers forum dated 26 February 1991. I will reply to Mr. Cox shortly.
The Leicestershire training and enterprise council (TEC) will have responsibility for specific training arrangements including training for those with special needs when it becomes operational from 1 April 1991. The TEC's plans will have to include an assessment of those needs and a description of how the TEC intends to meet them.