asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report the number of vacancies for instructors in the training
| November 1977 | May 1978 | October 1978 | |||||
| Scotland | … | … | … | … | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Northern | … | … | … | … | 27 | 30 | 27 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | … | … | … | … | 17 | 19 | 19 |
| North West | … | … | … | … | 18 | 10 | 11 |
| Midlands | … | … | … | … | 13 | 34 | 33 |
| Wales | … | … | … | … | 16 | 22 | 19 |
| South West | … | … | … | … | 8 | 7 | 10 |
| South East | … | … | … | … | 13 | 29 | 40 |
| London | … | … | … | … | 18 | 17 | 20 |
| Total number of vacancies | … | … | … | … | 134 | 171 | 186 |
| BREAKDOWN BY COURSE* | |||||
| November 1977 | May 1978 | October 1978 | |||
| Bricklaying | … | … | Nil | 3 | 5 |
| Carpentry and Joinery | … | … | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Capstan setting operating | … | … | 8 | 7 | 13 |
| Centre lathe turning | … | … | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Milling setting operating | … | … | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Sheet metal working | … | … | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Plate and structural steel work | … | … | 8 | 7 | 5 |
| Toolmaking fitting and machining | … | … | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Welding, electric arc | … | … | 12 | 16 | 22 |
| Miscellaneous engineering | … | … | 8 | 12 | 14 |
| Electrical installation and maintenance | … | … | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Industrial electronics | … | … | 11 | 14 | 17 |
| Instrument maintenance | … | … | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Radio, television and electronic servicing | … | … | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Contractors plant, repair and maintenance | … | … | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| Heavy vehicle, repair and maintenance | … | … | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| Motor vehicle, repair and maintenance | … | … | 5 | 12 | 12 |
| Others (total of 45 courses) | … | … | 42 | 50 | 37 |
| Totals | … | … | 134 | 171 | 186 |
| * Trades in which there were 5 or more vacancies at one of the dates given. | |||||
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people underwent training opportunities scheme courses in foreign languages in the past year; and what was the breakdown of this figure between languages.
I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that in the period October 1977 to September 1978, 211 people completed courses opportunities scheme in November 1977, May 1978 and for the most recent convenient date; and if he will provide breakdowns for these vacancy figures based on (a) regions and (b) courses to which these instructors would have been assigned.
I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the numbers of actual vacancies for class instructors in skillcentres on 30th November 1977, 31st May 1978 and 31st October 1978 were 134, 171 and 186 respectively.Breakdown by region of these figures is:which included some training in foreign languages. The breakdown is as follows:
| French | … | … | 120 |
| French and German | … | … | 36 |
| German | … | … | 25 |
| French and Spanish | … | … | 16 |
| Spanish | … | … | 7 |
| German and Spanish | … | … | 2 |
| Spanish and Italian | … | … | 2 |
| Italian | … | … | 1 |
| French and Italian | … | … | 1 |
| Arabic | … | … | 1 |