§ 8. Mr. W. B. TAYLORasked the Minister of Labour the number and names of the training centres now under the Ministry's control; the capacity available; and the number of persons now being trained thereat?
| — | Date to which information relates. | Capacity. | Number in training. | ||||||
| 1. Men | |||||||||
| Government Training Centres | … | … | 16th May, 1930 | … | … | 3,400 | 3,046 | ||
| Transfer Instructional Centres | … | 13th May, 1930 | … | … | 1,200 | 1,145 | |||
| Overseas Training Centres* | … | … | 16th May, 1930 | … | … | 1,220 | 299 | ||
| 2. Women. | |||||||||
| Home Training Centres | … | … | … | 10th May, 1930 | … | … | 912 | 812 | |
| Overseas Hostels | … | … | … | … | 30th April, 1930 | … | 109 | 86 | |
| * The majority of the men trained at these Centres during the present season have already sailed overseas, and the Centres are being converted temporarily for the provision of courses of instruction with a view to employment in this country. |
9. Mr. TAYLORasked the Minister of Labour what changes, if any, are contemplated at the training centres under the Ministry's control; and whether the question of acquiring undeveloped or water-slain land in areas adjacent to the centres will be considered, with a view to providing more employment and also increasing the production of home-grown food?
§ Miss BONDFIELDNo changes are at present contemplated, except as stated in my reply of 8th. May to the hon. Member for Dumfries (Dr. Hunter), of which I am sending my hon. Friend a copy. As regards the second part of the question, I should point out that the object of the centres is to train for employment elsewhere, and not to provide employment or establish a source of production at the centres themselves; land can therefore be acquired only so far as it is required for training purposes, although, of course, it is usually improved by the work done on it.
§ Miss BONDFIELDAs the reply involves a tabular statement I will, with my hon. Friend's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the reply:
§ For the answer to the first part of the question I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to the hon. Member for High Peak (Sir A. Law) on 6th March, 1930.
§ Apart from the provision for training juveniles, the capacity of training centres administered or financially assisted by the Ministry of Labour, and the number of trainees in training at a recent date at the various types of centres are shown in the following table:
§ 19. Mr. TOUTasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons accepted at the various unemployment training centres for training in the three branches of vehicle building, bodymaking, painting, and trimming, from the inauguration of the scheme to the last available date; how many of these have been placed in employment and with what success; and the number at present in training in the three branches mentioned?
§ Miss BONDFIELDFigures are not available with regard to the numbers accepted for particular branches of training. Since the inauguration of the training scheme, rather more than 800 men have undergone a course of instruction in one or other of the three branches of the trade to which my hon. Friend refers, and of them 767 have been placed in employment, in most cases in one of these branches. The number in training in the trade on 13th May, 1930, at all centres was 269.