HC Deb 27 May 1966 vol 729 cc187-8W
Mr. James Hamilton

asked the Minister of Labour where he is building the industrial training centre for Lanarkshire; what are the starting date, the finishing date, and the number of persons who will be trained; and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

There are two Government Training Centres in Glasgow (at Hillington and Queenslie) and one in Motherwell, which together can train about 800 people a year. No further centres are at present planned for Lanarkshire. As announced last November, however, we plan to establish a new industrial rehabilitation unit in North Lanarkshire. Although the precise site is not yet settled, construction is expected to start this year and it is hoped that the unit, which will have a capacity of about 650 people a year, will open before the end of 1967. Meanwhile the existing industrial rehabilitation unit at Hillington takes some 1,250 people annually.