§ 17. Ms. Richardsonasked the Paymaster General, following the closure of the Deptford skillcentre's women into manual skills course, how many women into manual skills courses, which provide creche facilities, now exist in England and Wales.
§ Mr. TrippierCourses which introduce women to manual skills may be mounted by local education authorities as part of their further education provision and by other training providers, but information about numbers and access to creche facilities is not collated centrally. The three courses currently run in MSC skillcentres in England and Wales do not have creche facilities. The course which was run at Deptford skillcentre and recently transferred to a local technical college continues to have access to local authority funded creche facilities.