§ Mr. Leadbitterasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what steps she has taken to assess the training and retraining requirements for new skills in the Northern Region; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. HattersleyThe extent of Government Training Centre facilities and the actual trades taught are kept under regular review to ensure that they are in line with the demand for new skills in the Northern Region. With the opening of the Maryport Centre this month, the region now has five centres, and three more are to be set up by the end of 1970. We shall shortly be introducing new trades such as boring, electrical fitting, and electronic wiring and circuit testing, and the training in some existing trades is being modernised. Training can also be biased to meet the needs of individual employers.