§ Mr. Wolrige-Gordonasked the Minister of Labour to what extent apprentices from the manual grades have been 227W absorbed into the electrical and gas industries of Scotland over the last 12 years.
§ Mr. HareInformation as to the numbers of apprentices absorbed into the electrical industry in Scotland in the past 12 years is not available, but figures of the total numbers of craft apprentices employed by the South of Scotland Electricity Board and the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board are as follows:
Year Number of Apprentices 1952–54 … … … —* 1955 … … … 185† 1956 … … … 200† 1957 … … … 217† 1958 … … … 254 1959 … … … 275 1960 … … … 274 1961 … … … 293 1962 … … … 363 1963 … … … 420 (estimated) * No figures available. †Hydro-Electric Board only. Figures for South of Scotland Board not available. Apprentices recruited to the gas industry in Scotland are as follows:
Year ended Number of Apprentices 31st March, 1953 … 50 31st March, 1954 … 49 31st March, 1955 … 58 31st March, 1956 … 54 31st March, 1957 … 61 31st March, 1958 … 87 31st March, 1959 … 78 31st March, 1960 … 66 31st March, 1961 … 40 31st March, 1962 … 95 31st March, 1963 … 74 31st March, 1964 … 96 (estimated)