12. Major Herbertasked the Minister of Labour how many men attended, respectively, training centres and instruction centres in South Wales; and what percentage obtained employment from each of these classes of centre?
§ Mr. E. BrownThere are two centres in South Wales, at Pentrebach and at Brechfa, near Llandilo. The former is a preparatory centre where the training is designed to fit men for vocational training and, up to the end of January, 1937, 786 men had been transferred to Government training centres for this purpose. Information as to the number of these men who obtained employment is not available, but the percentage is probably not below the average for the whole country, namely, 97 per cent. Brechfa is an instructional centre and the number of men who have been admitted there is 3,140, of whom all but a small proportion came from South Wales. Approximately, 16 per cent. entered employment either direct from the centre or after transfer to a centre in England.
§ Mr. J. GriffithsDo I gather from the Minister that 97 per cent. of the men sent to the instructional centre at Brechfa have been provided with employment?
§ Mr. BrownNo, that is not the answer. The first part of the answer referred to the centre at Pentrebach.