§ 53. Mr. Willeyasked the Minister of Labour what new Government training centres are to be established in the Northern Region; how many places for training they will provide; and when he expects they to be open for training.
§ Mr. HattersleyA new centre at Maryport with 100 places is expected to open for training during the last quarter of 1968. Two more centres are to be set up at Darlington and near Durham. They will have 200 and 350 training places respectively, and are planned to start training by the end of 1969. The three new centres will have an annual output of approximately 1,100 trainees.
§ 54. Mr. Willeyasked the Minister of Labour how many persons are at present undertaking courses in Government training centres in the Northern Region; and what were the corresponding figures for 1964, 1965 and 1966.
§ Mr. HattersleyOn 9th October, 1967, 548 people were attending courses in Government Training Centres in the Northern Region. The corresponding figures for 1964, 1965 and 1966 were 308, 580 and 624 respectively.
§ 61. Mr. Marquandasked the Minister of Labour which Government training centres are situated in, or near, the Nottinghamshire coalfield; and how many places are available in them.
§ Mr. HattersleyThere is one Government Training Centre in the Nottinghamshire coalfield area, that at Long Eaton. It has the capacity to train approximately 450 men each year.
§ 63. Mr. Edwin Wainwrightasked the Minister of Labour how many Government training centres are situated in Yorkshire; and how many persons are being trained in them.
§ Mr. HattersleyThere are three Government training centres in Yorkshire, their 573 training places, producing an estimated annual output of nearly 1,000 trainees. Work on building a fourth8W centre near Wakefield will start during the financial year 1968–69. When it is fully operational and the existing centres have been expanded, there will be nearly 1,000 training places at the four Yorkshire centres, with an estimated annual output of 1,700 trainees.