§ Mr. Youngerasked the Minister of Labour what is the number of industrial training centres in Lanarkshire, the dates on which each was started and completed, and the number of trainees that can be annually trained at these centres.
§ Mr. HattersleyThere are at present two Government training centres in Lanarkshire. The premises of the Motherwell centre were acquired on 28th May, 1963; and training started on 30th September, 1963; about 220 trainees can be trained annually. The building of the Queenslie (Glasgow) centre started in December, 1964, and training began on 20th September, 1965; about 250 trainees can be trained annually. Work has recently started on the construction of a third centre for Lanarkshire, at Bellshill; it should be completed early next year and when fully operational will be able to train about 340 trainees annually.