§ Miss Joan Lestorasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the centres currently offering wider opportunities for women courses; and how many additional places on such courses he expects to be available in 1982–83 and subsequent years.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe following centres are running wider opportunities for women courses under the Manpower Services Commission's training opportunities scheme in 1982–83:
South West
- City of Bath Technical College
South East
- Chichester College of Technology
- Basildon College of Further Education
London
- Paddington College
- South Thames College, Putney
224 - Westminster College
- Brooklands Technical College, Weybridge
- Redbridge Technical College, Romford
- City and East London College
- Kingsway and Princeton College
- Central London Adult Education Institute
Midlands
- Coventry Skillcentre
- Hall Green Technical College, Birmingham
Wales
- Severn Road Adult Education Centre, Cardiff
- Swansea CFE
North West
- Stockport College of Technology
Yorks and Humberside
- Airedale and Wharfedale CFE Leeds
- Sheffield City Polytechnic
Northern
- Stockton and Billingham Technical College
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne College of Art and Technology
Scotland
- University of Edinburgh Extra Mural Studies Department;
- Stevenson College of Further Education, Edinburgh
A total of 493 women started wider opportunities for women courses in 1981–82 and the commission's corporate plan for 1982–86 indicates that it is planning a modest expansion of these courses. Both the Government and the commission are actively concerned to ensure that the available resources are used so as to provide training which most effectively enhances women's prospects of employment.