§ Mr. Dodds-Parkerasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether he is satisfied with the operation of the present voluntary scheme for the training of personnel both in the technical and administrative branches of local government; and whether he will seek to arrange a more comprehensive scheme on the lines now applying to a wide range of other employers throughout the country.
§ Mr. HattersleyThe Industrial Training Act does not empower my right hon. Friend to bring local authority activities as a whole within scope of a statutory training board. I welcome the initiative of local authority interests in establishing a training board on a voluntary basis. My Department has arrangements for close liaison with the Board.
236WInspector of Factories during 1968; and what were the figures for the preceding three years.
§ Mr. FernyhoughThe numbers of firms prosecuted by H.M. Factory Inspectors in the Midlands (Birmingham) Division, which covers Herefordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and part of Staffordshire, were as follows:
1965 … … … … 81 1966 … … … … 115 1967 … … … … 51 1968 … … … … 97