§ 37. Colonel Gomme-Duncanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what, since inception, are the maximum, minimum and present number of inmates in the camp for agricultural workers at Forgandenny, Perthshire; what, since inception, are the equivalent numbers of staff to look after them; and what, since inception, has been the average number of inmates regularly employed on agricultural work outside the camp.
§ Mr. WoodburnThe maximum, minimum and present numbers of agricultural workers accommodated at the hostel since its inception in February, 1948, are 25, four and five respectively. The maximum number of hostel staff employed was six which has been reduced to three. The average number of the agricultural workers hired out to farmers to date is between eight and nine. Owing to the lack of demand for these workers, it was recently decided to close the hostel in the meantime.