Technical Training Colleges

HC Deb 16 March 1964 vol 691 cc129-30W

Mr. Willey

asked the Minister of Education whether he will make a statement on the technical training colleges.

Mr. Chataway

The four colleges of this type are in London, Bolton, Huddersfield and Wolverhampton. They provide a variety of courses, mainly of one year's pre-service training but a four-term sandwich course has recently been developed for serving teachers who spend the middle two terms teaching under supervision in their own technical colleges. The colleges contain this year about 1,200 students of all kinds. New teaching accommodation is expected to be complete at all the colleges by the summer of 1965. The future work of the colleges is at present being considered by the Standing Subcommittee on Teachers for Further Education set up by the National Advisory Council on the Training and Supply of Teachers.

ing the number of accidents to aircraft operated by British Overseas Airways Corporation and British European Airways, and by independent operators, respectively, during the last five years.

Mr. Marten

The number of notifiable accidents^* to aircraft on the British Register engaged on public transport flights operated by British Overseas Airways Corporation, British European Airways, and by independent operators, respectively, which occurred in the period 1st January, 1959, to 10th March, 1964, is as follows.