§ Mr. LANSBURYasked the Minister of Labour how many persons trained in training centres controlled by his Department have been found work during the past six months in the cities of Manchester and Birmingham, and the County of London; the nature of the occupation, trade, or calling these trainees have been passed into; whether any guarantee of employment for a certain period has been given by those who employ the trainees; and how many men have been trained for migration and how many have been migrated to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Tasmania since the inception of the training centres?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDThe numbers of persons trained in the Government instructional centres who have been found work during the past six months in the cities of Manchester and Birmingham, and in the County of London are, none, 233 and 144 respectively. They were placed, for the most part, in the building, furniture and wood-working, engineering, coach building, catering and hairdressing trades. Employers are not required to guarantee employment for any definite period, but it is not the practice to place men in work of a purely temporary character. The number of men who have completed a course at the overseas train-436W ing centres since their inception is 3,312; of these 1,465 have proceeded to Canada, and 1,801 to Australia. Migration to New Zealand and Tasmania does not come within the scope of the training scheme.