HC Deb 25 February 1997 vol 291 c150W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to her answer of 13 February,Official Report, columns 266–67, on skills shortages, if she will publish the results of her Department's monitoring of skills shortages surveys. [17649]

Mr. Paice

The results have been published in an article entitled "Skill Needs in Britain: 1996 Report" which appears on pages 73 to 76 of the February 1997 edition of "Labour Market Trends".

Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to her answer of 13 February,Official Report, columns 266–67, on skills shortages when (a) the last and (b) the next funded survey of employers' recruitment difficulties will be produced. [17648]

Mr. Paice

The last funded survey covering employers' difficulties was published as "Skill Needs in Britain 1996" on 15 January 1997. The next survey is expected to be published in October 1997.