§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what proposals she has to increase retraining programmes for unemployed adults over 21 years of age; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. McLoughlin[holding answer 10 December 1992]: Training for work, which will replace employment training, high technology national training and employment action from April 1993, will allow training and enterprise councils scope to provide opportunities for 320,000 unemployed adults aged 18 and over to train or retrain to meet their assessed needs. This is part of the package of employment and training measures which we are increasing by nearly 500,000 opportunities in 1993–94.