§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement concerning his plans to create new-style apprenticeships; in what industries he expects the new apprenticeships to be created; and what estimates he has of the number of new apprenticeships he expects to be created.
§ Miss WiddecombeA wide range of modern apprenticeships will be offered to 16 and 17-year-old school leavers from September 1995, with some prototypes starting later this year. Fourteen sectors are involved in prototype arrangements and these are linked to 42 training and enterprise councils. These are:
- Agriculture
- Somerset, South and East Cheshire, Northumberland, Humberside
- Business Administration
- Gloucestershire, Norfolk and Waveney, Northamptonshire
- Chemicals
- Wakefield, CEWTEC/NorMidTEC
- Childcare
- North West London, Stockport/High Peak
- Electrical Installation
- Essex, Suffolk, South Derbyshire, MetroTEC
- Engineering Manufacturing
- Devon and Cornwall, Milton Keynes and North Buckinghamshire, London East TEC, Walsall, Barnsley and Doncaster, Merseyside, Hertfordshire, Birmingham (in conjunction with Coventry and CENTEC)
- Engineering Construction
- Bolton/Bury, Durham
698 - Information Technology
- Leeds, West London, Teesside
- Marine Engineering
- Cumbria
- Merchant Navy
- Tyneside
- Polymers
- Shropshire
- Retail
- AZTEC, Lincoln, HAWTEC
- Steel
- Sandwell, Sheffield (Steel Training)
- Travel Services
- North London, Dorset, Surrey
Up to 2,000 young people will be catered for this year, with up to 150,000 in training at any one time when the initiative is fully developed.