Employer Training Pilots

HC Deb 02 February 2004 vol 417 c655W

Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list for Lancashire the firms and companies taking part in employer training pilots; and how much public funding they have been given. [151276]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

Pilots are currently running in 12 LSC areas: Birmingham and Solihull, Derbyshire, Essex, Greater Manchester, Tyne and Wear, Wiltshire and Swindon, Berkshire, East London, Kent, Leicester, Shropshire, and South Yorkshire.

Therefore there is not currently a pilot running in Lancashire. In the pre-Budget report statement, the Chancellor announced the extension of the Employer Training Pilots for a third year. Officials are currently working to develop guidelines for selecting pilots to be launched in September.