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Employment Training
Mr. Nigel Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of trainees on each employment training scheme operating in Scotland and give the name of each scheme and the total allowances paid on each scheme.
Mr. Lang [holding answer 17 May 1989] : Information about the number of people in training with individual training managers employment training in Scotland can be provided only at disproportionate cost. The names and addresses of training managers are held in the "Employment Training Directory of Training Agents and Training Managers", a copy of which is held in the House of Commons Library. Information about the amounts of trainee allowances paid to trainees with individual training managers is not available.
Mr. Nigel Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many places for trainees has each employment training scheme management agency in Scotland contracted to fill for each month since the inception of the scheme ; and what percentage of these places have actually been filled in each case on a monthly basis.
Mr. Lang [holding answer 17 May 1989] : This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Nigel Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cases of fraud his Department has detected among employment training scheme management agencies and employers in Scotland ; what sums were involved ; and how many prosecutions have proceeded.
Mr. Lang [holding answer 17 May 1989] : There have been no such cases.
Mr. Nigel Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many employment training scheme management agencies and employers in Scotland have been terminated because of fraud or other malpractice.
Mr. Lang [holding answer 17 May 1989] : None.
Mr. Nigel Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the steps taken to ensure that employment training scheme management agencies and employers in Scotland do not continue to receive an allowance from his Department after trainees have left the scheme.
Mr. Lang [holding answer 17 May 1989] : Claims for training fees submitted by training managers are subject to checks both within Training Agency area offices and at the training manager's premises. The checks include the comparison of claims with individual trainee records and information notified to unemployment benefit offices.
Roads
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report the total moneys received by the Scottish Office from the European regional development fund in each of the past five years ; and what percentage of these was spent on road improvements, listing the projects completed and projects currently under construction.
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Mr. Lang [holding answer 16 May 1989] : The following awards have been obtained by the Scottish Office for projects and programmes in Scotland :
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|Award
|£ million
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1984 |103
1985 |69
1986 |84
1987 |93
1988 |95
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|444
Some £109 million, almost 25 per cent., of the awards have been for road improvements and new construction. It is not feasible to list all 250- plus roads projects but some significant examples are :
|Award
|£ million
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Edinburgh City Bypass |6.3
Realignment of A71 near Kilmarnock |5.9
Eastern Distributor Road-Stirling |2.4
Inverness Inner Relief Road Phase 2 |2.3
Northern Distributor Road-East Kilbride |2.1
A82 Improvement-Phase 1-Loch Lomondside |1.7
A836 Lairg to Auction Mart-Sutherland |0.9
A95 Broomhill Road Improvement-Grantown-on-Spey 0.5
Manufacturing Exports
Mr. Wray : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what measures he is taking in order to support increased manufacturing exports from Scottish industries.
Mr. Lang : An extensive and comprehensive package of support is available to industry in Scotland under the enterprise initiative, which is administered by my Department. This includes selective financial assistance for investment projects in the assisted areas, and the consultancy initiatives which can provide firms with financial support towards the costs of specialist consultancy in a number of key management functions. In addition, the Scottish export office of my Department provides a wide range of advice, information and assistance under the export initiative, to help Scottish companies expand into export markets or develop their existing overseas business.
Glasgow Garden Festival
Mr. Allan Stewart : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is satisfied with progress on the after use of Glasgow garden festival site ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lang : Yes. The various elements of the after use plan are currently being discussed with the planning authority. I expect these to make a permanent contribution to the regeneration of Glasgow.
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Press Material (Perth City Halls)
Mr. Darling : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many press officers from his Department were involved in the preparation and distribution of press material within the Perth city halls during the period from 10 to 12 May.
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Mr. Rifkind : No press officers from my Department were involved in the preparation and distribution of press material within Perth city halls during the period 10 to 12 May.
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