Mr. GUINNESSasked the Minister of Labour the number now being trained at the Weeting centre, near Brandon; and for how many pupils are accommodation and staff there provided?
§ Mr. LAWSONAt Weeting Hall, Brandon, accommodation and staff are available for 250 men in training for employment overseas and for 50 men in training for employment in this country. On 5th February, the number of overseas trainees was 249 and the number of home trainees 40. At the annexes, which are administered from Weeting Hall, namely Cranwich, High Lodge and West Tofts, there is accommodation for 600 overseas trainees. On 5th February the number of men in training was 368. The staff engaged is adjusted as far as possible to the number of men actually in training.