HC Deb 18 February 1954 vol 523 c233W
73. Mr. E. L. Mallalieu

asked the Minister of Health which authorities have so far failed to set up occupational and training centres for backward children.

Miss Hornsby-Smith

Thirty-seven health authorities in England and Wales have not provided occupation centres. Local health authorities are not bound to provide centres and these are not the only means of providing training. According to my Department's records, only 18 local health authorities have made no formal provision for the training of defectives.

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