HC Deb 10 May 1960 vol 623 cc53-4W
Mr. Ifor Davies

asked the Minister of Labour if he will give the number of engineering apprentices in Wales in the years 1958, 1959 and 1960, respectively.

Mr. P. Thomas

The numbers of young persons under 18 years of age who, on leaving school, started work as apprentices or learners in the engineering and allied industries in Wales were 504 boys and 10 girls in 1958, and 566 boys and 6 girls in 1959. Details of the 1960 intake, or of the total number of young people under apprenticeship in the industry in any one year, are not available.

Mr. Ifor Davies

asked the Minister of Labour what were the numbers of registered disabled persons in Wales in the years 1957, 1958 and 1959, respectively.

Mr. P. Thomas

In October of each year the numbers were 46,633, 44,945, and 43,154, respectively.

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