§ Mr. HarveyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment when he will make an announcement on the make-up of the Skills Development Fund. [55697]
§ Mr. MudieThe Secretary of State announced at the TUC Conference on 15 September 1998 a £38 million Regional Development Agency (RDA) Skills Development Fund including the new £5 million Rapid Response Fund to re-train those involved in large scale redundancies. Final guidance on the operation of the full RDA skills package will be issued to RDAs in February 1999.