11. Miss Wardasked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the increasing demands being made on fully-trained social workers, he is giving the same facilities for qualifying in the various branches to girls indicating their desire for training as are now being given to applicants desirous of training as teachers.
§ Mr. BevinThe arrangements for allowing women to train for teaching and for approved forms of social service are very nearly identical.
Miss WardIs it not true that special facilities have now been granted for the training of teachers? Can such facilities be extended to those who are training for social work?
§ Mr. BevinThe hon. Lady will appreciate that the difficulty in regard to teaching at the present time is a very special one, because of the Bill now going through Parliament, the preparations 1452 for the extension of the school-leaving age, and other such matters. But so far as the training of social workers is concerned the procedure is almost identical.