HC Deb 19 July 1961 vol 644 cc135-6W
60. Mr. Prentice

asked the Minister of Labour why he refused a request for a second class for engineering apprentices to be organised at the Government Training Centre in Leeds; whether he has refused any similar requests elsewhere; and whether there is a limit of 300 places for those courses.

Mr. Hare

The apprentice training classes set up by the Ministry of Labour at 15 centres throughout the country are intended to demonstrate to employers the advantages of full-time systematic instruction for their apprentices in their first year.

There will be 25 classes providing 300 places before the end of this year. Of these, 21 classes with 252 places will be in engineering. For the purposes of this demonstration sufficient engineering classes are now available.