§ 19. Mr. Benceasked the Minister of Labour the number of men and women undergoing training for entry into the
Date Enginnering Industries Textile Industries Males Females Males Females 12th January, 1948 … … 58 12 69 56 16th February, 1948 … … 67 9 65 45 15th March, 1948 … … 52 14 57 51 10th January, 1949 … … 44 1 69 40 14th February, 1949 … … 39 3 64 35 14th March, 1949 … … 48 5 79 31 16th January, 1950 … … 60 4 58 39 13th February, 1950 … … 50 5 60 37 13th March, 1950 … … 39 9 56 45 15th January, 1951 … … 28 5 56 36 12th February, 1951 … … 28 3 47 32 12th March, 1951 … … 23 2 46 24 14th January, 1952 … … 14 17 31 66 11th February, 1952 … … 12 13 47* 148* 17th March, 1952 … … 15 21 366* 1,940* * The figures for the textile industries for February and March, 1952, include the following numbers who were temporarily stopped: 172W
Males Females February, 1952 … … … 25 93 March, 1952 … … … 318 1,812 The numbers temporarily stopped at earlier dates were negligible. engineering industry at his Department's training centres; and the number placed in the engineering industry since 1st January, 1952.
§ Sir W. MoncktonSix hundred and forty-eight, all of whom are men; and the number placed in employment since January, 1952, is 179.