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Enterprise Ashford

Volume 35: debated on Thursday 27 January 1983

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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.

[pursuant to his reply, 26 January, Vol. 35, c. 449] I entirely agree with my hon. Friend. My

Training Year September 1978-August 19791979–801980–811981–821982–83
Crewe220285216178149*
Cheshire (including Crewe)534539508397247*
England22,07522,70120,22514,80010,229*
* Registration to date.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many engineering apprentices were made redundant in 1982 in (a) Crewe, (b) Cheshire and (c) England.

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 YearCreweCheshireEngland
September 1981/August 1982None211,249
September 1982 to dateNone6456