§ 1. Mr. DAYasked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed persons who have been sent to training centres from the Walworth Road (Borough) Employment Exchange for the three years ended to the last convenient date; and will he give particulars to which centres they were sent and for what kind of training?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of LABOUR (Lieut.-Colonel Muirhead)No unemployed persons have been sent to training centres by the Borough Employment Exchange during the last three years. The area for recruitment is restricted to the depressed areas.
§ Lieut.-Colonel MUIRHEADRecruitment for Government training and instruction centres is limited to people from the Scheduled Depressed Areas, and the Special Areas and other areas of high unemployment.