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Training Levy

Volume 173: debated on Tuesday 22 May 1990

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69.

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he has any plans to introduce a training levy of 0ยท5 per cent. of payroll on business.

No. The most effective incentive for employers to train is a knowledge and understanding of their skill needs, not centralised regulation based on statutory powers.