To ask the Secretary of State for Employment for what reasons employment training tutors are requested to fill in forms about trainees in their charge assessing their (a) dependency on drugs or alcohol, (b) verbal aggressiveness or anti-authority, (c) race, (d) debts, (e) family trap, (f) hygiene, (g) benefit problems and (h) single parenthood.

It is not Government policy to require training and enterprise councils to ensure that this information is obtained from ET trainees. However, details of ethnic origin may be provided voluntarily by trainees on their trainee record form.