HC Deb 28 July 1965 vol 717 cc145-7W
Mr. Derek Page

asked the Minister of Labour if he will give details of the industries from which applicants came for industrial retraining in the King's Lynn area.

Mr. Gunter

During the past three years the applicants for training in Government Training Centres from the King's Lynn area have come from the following industries: food, drink and tobacco,

persons employed, by sex and by category of industry or trade, in the South Angus Parliamentary division at the latest convenient date.

Mr. Gunter

I regret that figures are not available for the South Angus Parliamentary Division. The following table gives the mid-1964 figures for the employment exchange areas of Arbroath (including Carnoustie sub-office), Broughty Ferry, Dundee and Forfar within which the Parliamentary Division falls:

chemicals and allied industries, clothing and footwear, construction, transport and communication, distributive trades, miscellaneous services, and public administration and defence.

Mr. Derek Page

asked the Minister of Labour how many applications for industrial retraining he has received from the King's Lynn area in each of the last three years; how many of these were accepted; and for what courses.

Mr. Gunter

In the year ending 26th July, 1965, there were 30 applications for training in Government Training Centres from the King's Lynn area, of which 22 were accepted, 2 were rejected, 3 were withdrawn and 3 are under consideration. The training courses of those accepted were as follows:—plumbing, carpentry, painting, bricklaying, fitting, agricultural machinery repair, electric welding, hairdressing (men's), storekeeping and screen process printing.

In the year ending July, 1964, there were 16 applications of which 10 were accepted, 3 withdrawn and 3 rejected. The courses were as follows:—fitting, centre lathe turning, instrument bench and machine work, electric welding, bespoke tailoring and hairdressing (men's).

In the year ending July, 1963, there were 9 applications, all of which were accepted. Their training courses were fitting, centre lathe turning, hairdressing and shorthand-typing.