To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what plans she has to extend training credit schemes to adults.

The use of training credits within adult training programmes is already being tested by a

The available information on length of time in current job based on the labour force survey is given in the table:number of training and enterprise councils. TECs were informed last November that they were free to deliver training for work through adult credit systems. The Government policy is to encourage TECs to consider adult credits in appropriate circumstances.