§ Mr. STEWARTasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will furnish a list of the different schools of cookery or other institutions in the United Kingdom which are approved by the Board of Trade for the purpose of granting certificates to ships' cooks after instruction; whether he can supply figures classifying the number of British subjects, aliens, Chinese, and others who have attended each of these schools of cookery or other approved institutions during the past twelve months; and whether he will consider the advisability of forming separate classes of instruction at these different schools for British subjects desirous of qualifying for these certificates?
§ Mr. BURNSThe list of approved schools of cookery for which the hon. Member asks is given below. I am not in a position to furnish the figures asked for in the second part of the question, and in reply to the last part I would point out that the organisation of the classes in these schools is necessarily a matter for the authorities by whom the schools are conducted.
Schools of Cookery and other Institutions.—Recognised under Section 27 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1906:
London School of Nautical Cookery, Sailors' Home, Well Street and Dock Street, E.
City of Liverpool Seamen's Cookery School.
Shipping Federation School of Nautical Cookery, Glasgow.
2164WShipping Federation School of Nautical Cookery, Hull.
Shipping Federation School of Nautical Cookery, Cardiff.
Shipping Federation School of Nautical Cookery, Sunderland.
Shipping Federation School of Nautical Cookery, Southampton.
Shipping Federation School of Nautical Cookery, Belfast.
Shipping Federation School of Nautical Cookery, North Shields.
The Army School of Cookery, Aldershot.
The Army School of Cookery, Poona.
The shipping offices at Calcutta.
The shipping offices at Bombay.
The shipping offices at Rangoon.
The shipping offices at Chittagong.