Local Authority Training Board

HC Deb 26 November 1968 vol 774 c105W

Mr. Buchanan

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will consider the setting up of a Local Authority Training Board for Scotland.

Mr. Ross

Following the report of the Mallaby Committee on the Staffing of Local Government in England and Wales, a Working Party was set up to consider local government staffing in Scotland. In the report which this Working Party made to the local authority associations earlier this year, one of the recommendations was that a central organisation should be set up to provide training and management services to local government in Scotland. Such an organisation would perform the functions of the Local Government Training Board which has already been set up by the local authority associations in England and Wales. The local authority associations are at present considering the recommendations of the Working Party and I hope that they will shortly be in a position to discuss them with me.