HC Deb 09 July 1993 vol 228 c307W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether any plutonium of weapons-useable quality has been exported to Japan from the United Kingdom.

Mr. Eggar

The usefulness of reprocessed plutonium for weapons purposes depends on its composition. It is not in the public interest for me to comment further. All

Year Registered with BCE JACCS training Other training Total training Percentage of those registered with BCE
1989–90 18,251 1,384 552 1,936 10.6
1990–91 10,441 796 218 1,014 9.7
1991–92 15,536 1,671 155 1,826 11.8
1992–93 13,790 2,475 335 2,810 20.4
TOTALS 58,018 6,326 1,260 7,586 13.1

These figures do not include those who entered retraining directly via other agencies, jobcentres, restart programmes etc.

Information about previous occupation and/or industry before entering a Government training scheme is not collected centrally.

From April 1993 entrants to training for work who have been made redundant as a result of pit closure will be identified if they are not covered by normal eligibility rules.

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