§ Mr. BLACKasked the Minister of Pensions how many ex-service trainees are now receiving instruction; and the number of ex-service men who have been trained and who are unable to find situations in the industry for which they have been made fit?
§ Mr. SHAWI have been asked to reply. The number of men in training under the industrial training scheme is approximately 9,000 in Great Britain and 1,400 in Ireland. No recent figures are available showing the number of ex-trainees who are not employed in the trade for which they have been trained. Inquiries made last year showed that less than 10 per cent. of the men who had been trained were unemployed.