HC Deb 17 January 1968 vol 756 cc641-2W
Mrs. Ewing

asked the Minister of Labour what are the names and addresses of the eight industrial training boards in Scotland; and how many persons have been retrained in each of the years since their inception to the last convenient date.

Mr. Hattersley:

The names and addresses of the eight Government Training Centres in Scotland are: Dumbarton: Castlegreen Street, Dumbarton. Dunfermline: Townhill, Dunfermline, Fife. Edinburgh: West Granton Road, Edinburgh 5. Glasgow: (Hillington): Industrial Estate, Queen Elizabeth Avenue, Hillington, Glasgow S.W.2. Glasgow: (Queenslie): Blairtummoch Road, Industrial Trading Estate, Queenslie, Glasgow E.2. Irvine: Ayr Road, Irvine, Ayrshire. Motherwell: Java Works, Java Street, Motherwell, Lanarkshire. Port Glasgow: Industrial Trading Estate, Port Glasgow. Information about the number of persons completing training at the Centres is readily available only for the last 10 years. Following is the information:

Year Number of Govern- Number of Persons Training Centres completing training
1958 1966 152
1959 1 147
1960 1966 132
1961 1966 140
1962 1966 149
1963 1966 167
1964 3 530
1965 5 715
1966 7 1,147
1967 7 1,506

(No trainees have yet completed training at the Edinburgh G.T.C., which opened in October, 1967).