HC Deb 14 November 1966 vol 736 cc10-1W
57. Mr. William Hamilton

asked the Minister of Labour what steps he is taking to expedite the training of greater numbers of instructors for Government industrial training and retraining centres.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

Between 1st January, 1965 and 30th September, 1966 304 instructors have been recruited and a further 150 instructors are in course of recruitment. The capacity of the Ministry's two colleges for training instructors (for industry as well as for the Ministry's own Centres) has been more than doubled in the last two years and they will soon be able to deal with 3,000 students a a year.