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Mr. Speed
asked the Secretary of State for Industry, if he will give further encouragement for schemes similar to Enterprise Ashford, details of which have been sent to him, which provide cost-effective means of creating new jobs.
Mr. MacGregor
[pursuant to his reply, 26 January, Vol. 35, c. 449] I entirely agree with my hon. Friend. My
Training Year September 1978-August 1979 | 1979–80 | 1980–81 | 1981–82 | 1982–83 | |
Crewe | 220 | 285 | 216 | 178 | 149* |
Cheshire (including Crewe) | 534 | 539 | 508 | 397 | 247* |
England | 22,075 | 22,701 | 20,225 | 14,800 | 10,229* |
* Registration to date. |
Mrs. Dunwoody
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many engineering apprentices were made redundant in 1982 in (a) Crewe, (b) Cheshire and (c) England.
Mr. Peter Morrison
Figures for the total numbers of redundancies among craft technician engineering trainees are not available. The numbers made known to the engineering industry training board are as follows:
Training Year | Crewe | Cheshire | England |
September 1981/August 1982 | None | 21 | 1,249 |
September 1982 to date | None | 6 | 456 |