§ Dr. FORGANasked the Minister of Labour if she is aware that at its meeting on 5th December the Renfrewshire Education Authority decided to close the training centre for juvenile unemployed in Greenock; and what action the Ministry proposes to take in the matter?
§ Miss BONDFIELDAccording to the latest information which I have, the education authority does not see its way to continue this centre on the terms of grant which will be applicable after the end of December. These terms are on the basis unanimously recommended by the National Advisory Council for Juvenile Employment in Scotland, and are equivalent to 75 per cent, of approved expenditure. I cannot depart from these terms, and I shall regret it very much if the centre has to close owing to the unwillingness of the education authority to contribute the remainder of the cost.