§ Mr. Sharpasked the Minister of Labour if he will give details of the Remploy factories now operating in the West Riding of Yorkshire, showing the numbers employed at each; the numbers for whom employment is available; and the type of goods produced.
§ Mr. IsaacsFollowing is the information:
No. of severely disabled persons employed. Capacity. Production. Halifax 44 45 Book repairs. Stump socks. Pontefract 73 75 Woodwork including utility furniture. Sheffield 58 150 Light engineering. Wakefield 11 50 Leatherwork. TOTAL 186 320
§ Mr. Sharpasked the Minister of Labour what is the revised programme for providing additional Remploy factories in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
§ Mr. IsaacsThe present programme provides for additional factories at Leeds (two factories), Barnsley, Sheffield, Huddersfield, Rotherham, Bradford and Doncaster. It is hoped that the factory at 59W Barnsley will be in operation within a few weeks and the two at Leeds within two or three months, but it is not possible at present to make any statement about the opening of the others.