§ 31. Mr. HOGGEasked the Pensions Minister whether he can give the number of men trained to date by the Ministry; whether he can state how many have been trained by other Government Departments; and whether he can state how many have been trained at St. Dunstan's, Newington House, Lord Roberts' Memorial Homes, and other voluntary agencies?
§ Sir A. GRIFFITH-BOSCAWENThe total number of men who have been, or are being, trained under arrangements recognised by the Ministry of Pensions is 18,271. Of this number 5,260 have been specially trained in the production of munitions of war in the training centres set up by the Ministry of Munitions, 1,191 have been trained at St. Dunstan's or Newington House, 1,560 in the Lord Roberts' Memorial Workshops, and the remainder—10,260—in technical institutes and workshops throughout the country.
§ Sir A. GRIFFITH-BOSCAWENThe Ministry of Pensions is responsible for all of them.
§ Mr. HOGGEI quite understand, but what I want to know is can he say how many of the remaining 10,000 he has mentioned are directly supervised by the Ministry?
§ Sir A. GRIFFITH-BOSCAWENCertainly, they are all under our control. We pay the training fees, we pay the allowances, and if the training is not properly done we are responsible.
§ Mr. PRINGLECan the hon. Gentleman say which Department appoints the inspectors who report as to the adequacy of the technical training?
§ Sir A. GRIFFITH-BOSCAWENThat is a question of which the hon. Member should give notice.
§ 35. Lord H. CAVENDISH-BENTINCKasked the Pensions Minister how many discharged officers have been placed in training for employment?
§ Sir A. GRIFFITH-BOSCAWENFifty disabled officers have been trained, and about twelve more will join courses in the next fortnight.
§ Lord H. CAVENDISH-BENTINCKHow many discharged officers are there?
§ Sir A. GRIFFITH-BOSCAWENI must ask for notice of that.