§ 5. Mr. Benceasked the Minister of Labour what steps he is taking to facilitate the placing in employment of men trained at Government training centres.
§ Mr. GunterThere is a placing service at each Government training centre which works closely with the placing service of the employment exchanges. About 95 per cent. of trainees who complete courses obtain suitable employment.
§ Mr. BenceIs my right hon. Friend aware that it is very difficult in an area such as Clydebank and Dumbarton where we have a Government training centre in which men have been trained for skilled jobs in industry when at the same time there are large redundancies of skilled men? Is he aware that this very weekend an English company is recruiting labour in Clydebank for England while trained men in Dumbarton cannot get a job?
§ Mr. GunterI am sure that Scotland still needs skilled men. The Dumbarton training centre was opened only in September, 1964, but of the six trainees who have completed the course five have been placed in employment.
§ Mr. GodberCan the right hon. Gentleman say anything about the situation, of which he will be aware, where 7 there has been difficulty in the past in placing people after training? Is he getting co-operation now from the people concerned?
§ Mr. GunterI am getting more and more co-operation.
§ Mr. HamlingA good Minister.
| WEEKLY RATES OF TRAINING ALLOWANCES | |||||||||||||||||
| Payable from the beginning of the first full pay week commencing on or after 12th December, 1963 to persons undergoing courses of vocational training, excludign trainees in sheltered workshops | |||||||||||||||||
| Age and domestic responsibilities | Living at home (see Note 1) | Living away from home in accommodation arranged by or on behalf of the Ministry (see Notes 1 and 2) | |||||||||||||||
| Men | Women | Men | Women | ||||||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||||
| Aged 21 and over: | |||||||||||||||||
| (1) Without wife or dependants | … | … | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | |||
| (2) Maintaining one dependent child under 16 | … | … | … | … | … | 8 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| (3) Maintaining two or more dependent children under 16 | … | … | … | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 6 | ||
| (4) With wife or maintaining adult dependant(s) | … | … | … | … | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 6 | |
| (5) With wife (or maintaining adult dependant(s)) and maintaining one dependent child under 16 | … | … | … | 9 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | ||
| (6) With wife (or maintaining adult dependants)) and maintaining two or more dependent children under 16 | … | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 6 | ||||
| II. Under age 21: | |||||||||||||||||
| (1) Without wife or dependants: | |||||||||||||||||
| Aged 20 | … | … | … | … | 6 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| Aged 19 | … | … | … | … | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | |
| Aged 18 | … | … | … | … | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | |
| Aged 17 | … | … | … | … | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| Aged 16 | … | … | … | … | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aged 15 | … | … | … | … | 2 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | |
| (2) With wife or dependants | … | … | Married men under 21 years of age, and other persons iged 19 or 20, who maintain dependants are paid illowances appropriate to persons aged 21 and over. Persons under 19 (other than married men) who have dependants should ask at their nearest Employment Exchange for details of the allowances payable. | ||||||||||||||
| NOTE 1—Where mid-day meals are provided, 2s. 0d. a day towards the cost is deducted from the rates shown above. | |||||||||||||||||
| NOTE 2— | |||||||||||||||||
| (1) At residential establishments, lodging and full board is provided free of charge, but 12s. 0d. a week towards the cost of mid-day meals is deducted from the allowances shown above. | |||||||||||||||||
| (2) Persons placed in accommodation arranged by or on behalf of the Ministry receive an additional allowance to meet the cost of lodging and all meals (except mid-day meals from Monday to Saturday). |