HC Deb 07 May 1934 vol 289 cc743-4W
Colonel CLIFTON BROWN

asked the Minister of Labour if he can state the daily average number of men that he expects to have in training camps during this coming summer?

Sir H. BETTERTON

Accommodation will be provided this summer at instructional centres for 5,270 men at a time; of these, 2,850 men will be in the 14 semi-permanent hutment camps (open all the of blast furnaces in America, France, Belgium, and this country, respectively, in the years 1930, 1931, 1932, and 1933, respectively?

Dr. BURGIN

The information is given in the following table :

year round), 1,850 at the 12 tented camps which are open during the summer months only (May-September) and 570 at the three non-residential centres (open all the year round). The duration of the course is approximately three months.