§ 40. Mr. J. E. B. Hillasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what progress has been made towards meeting the target set by the Henniker-Heaton Committee in 1964 of doubling the number of young people under the age of 18 years obtaining day release from employment by 1970.
§ Mr. Edward ShortBetween 1964 and 1967 the precentage of under-18's getting day release rose from 31 per cent. to 36.2 per cent. for boys and from 7.3 per cent. to 9.2 per cent. for girls. This is disappointing in view of the establishment of industrial training boards and I am discussing with my right hon. Friend the First Secretary of State what steps can be taken to increase day release.