Written question asked by Alex Salmond (Scottish National Party) on Thursday, 19 December 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 14 January 2003. It was answered by Ivan Lewis (Labour) on Tuesday, 14 January 2003 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) organisations and (b) plant hire organisations in Scotland have claimed the training grants from the Construction Industry Training Board Levy in each of the past five financial years. - Including table. (Holding answer 13 January 2003).

Answer: Mr. Salmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) organisations and (b) plant hire organisations in Scotland have claimed the training grants from the Construction Industry Training Board Levy in each of the past five financial years. [89432] Mr. Ivan Lewis: [holding answer 13 January 2003]: The Construction Industry Training Board received claims for Training Grants from registered construction employers in Scotland as shown in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Registered construction 2,780 2,672 2,846 2,771 2,488 employers claiming grants Registered construction 95 94 76 65 64 employers declaring their main activity to be plant hire of repair claiming grants _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The CITB's "grant year" is aligned with the academic year and runs therefore from August to July, the figures shown in the table are prepared on that basis.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 89432; 397 c570-1W;397 c568-70W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Construction Hire services Grants Equipment Industrial training boards Leasing Scotland Training CITB
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk