§ 34. Mr. WELLOCKasked the Minister of Labour the number of sea schools now operating and their location; the number of boys who have received training in these schools and entered the merchant service and the Navy, respectively; the number who are at present receiving training for the merchant service; and the number who have been or are about to be transferred to the naval training establishments?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of TRADE (Mr. Herbert Williams)I have been asked to reply.
| Training Ships and Schools for Merchant Service Rating. | |||||
| Name | Location. | Sent to Sea in 1927. | Number in Training, January,1928. | ||
| M.M | R.N. | ||||
| "Arethusa" | Greenhithe | … | 43 | 92 | 165 |
| "Warspite" | Greenhithe | … | 76 | 65 | 217 |
| "Exmouth" | Grays | … | 132 | 15 | 536 |
| "Indefatigable" | Liverpool | … | 46* | 1* | 150 |
| "Mars" | Dundee | … | 18 | 2 | 160 |
| "Cornwall" | Denton, near Gravesend | … | 41 | — | 105 |
| Wellesley Nautical School | Blyth | … | 25 | 5 | 159 |
| Lancashire and National Sea Training Homes. | Wallasey, Cheshire | … | 70 | 21 | 200 |
| Watts Naval Training School | Elmbam, Norfolk | … | 7 | 30 | 278 |
| Incorporated National Nautical School. | Portishead, Somerset | … | 17 | 1 | 136 |
| Nautical Training School | Heswall, Cheshire | … | 41 | — | 197 |
| Sea School and T.S."Triton" | Gravesend | … | 752 | — | 214 |
| Prince of Wales Sea Training Hostel. | London, E | … | 65 | — | 48 |
| 1,333 | 232 | 2,565 | |||
| *In year ended 31st March, 1927. |