HC Deb 24 March 1994 vol 240 c369W
Mr. Tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what financial assistance he has 'made available to training and enterprise councils to help with the redeployment and retraining of miners from(a) Colgrave, (b) Silverhill, (c) Bevercotes, (d) Cripstone, (e) Calverton, (f) Rufford, (g) Annersley/Bentink, (h) Manton and (i) Ollerton.

Miss Widdecombe

The amount of financial assistance being made available through training and enterprise councils and the Employment Service is given in the following table:

Collieries Indicative budgets £ million
Cotgrave 1.7
Silverhill 2.2
Bevercotes 2.2
Clipstone 2.7
Calverton 2.0
Rufford 2.2
Annesley 1.9
Manton 1.4
Ollerton 1.9
Total 18.2

The budgets above were made available to TECs and the ES. They are also inclusive of training for work allowances.