§ 67. Mr. T. KENNEDYasked the Minister of Pensions how many ex-service men in Scotland have been found eligible for industrial training; how many have yet been trained or have started a course of training; how many men who have completed their course of training have found suitable employment.; and what steps are now being taken to arrange for the training of men for whom no provision has yet been made?
§ Mr. BETTERTON1 have been asked to reply. Since August, 1919, about 8,540 ex-service men have been accepted in Scotland as eligible for industrial training under the Ministry of Labour. At the end of April, 1925, 383 were still in training and 38 were on the waiting list for training. Precise figures are not available of the number of ex-trainees now in employment, but a census taken about two years ago showed that less than 10 per cent. of the men who had been trained were then unemployed. Arrangements will be made for all disabled ex-service men in Scotland to receive training who are found to be eligible.
§ Mr. STEPHENIs any special action being taken by th Ministry to provide employment for those who have had a course of training?
§ Mr. BETTERTONEverything is done that we can do. The answer shows that we have not been unsuccessful.