Training for Work

HC Deb 15 February 1993 vol 219 c56W

Mr. Hunter

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what guidelines she has issued, or intends to issue, to training and enterprise councils regarding training for work.

Mr. McLoughlin

Since the announcement by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State on 12 November 1992 in a reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Finchley (Mr. Booth),Official Report, column 903–4, an initial briefing note on training for work, and a further note covering the initiative in more detail have been issued to training and enterprise councils. The planning guidance to TECs for 1993–94 set out the requirements for training for work and a draft version of the TEC operating agreement for 1993–94 has been issued. Regional presentations on the new initiative have been given to TECs. The contractual requirements for running training for work are comprehensively set out in the 1993–94 TEC operating agreement which will be issued shortly.