§ Mr. Beaneyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total number of places for the Emergency Child Care Training Course, 1968–70 at the North Western Polytechnic Child Care Department; and how many places have been allocated for 1969–71.
§ Mr. Elystan Morgan100 in both years.
§ Mr. Beaneyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many places for the Emergency Child Care Training Course at the North Western Polytechnic Child Care Department were allocated to the West Riding County Council Children's Department in 1968; how many were taken up; to what extent and for what reasons the initial allocation was exceeded; how many places have been allocated to the West Riding County Council for 1969; how many have been filled; and what requests the council has made to exceed its initial allocation for the 1969–71 course.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganFive places for the 1968 entry were allotted to the West Riding County Council, to which a sixth was added when a few places allotted to other authorities were not taken up. Six places for the 1969 entry have been allotted to the Council; the selection process is not yet complete and it remains to be seen whether all these will be filled. As yet there has been no request from the Council for a further allocation.
§ Mr. Beaneyasked the Secretary of of State for the Home Department how many potential students for the Emergency Child Care Training Course at the North Western Polytechnic Child Care Department were sponsored through the clearing house system operated by the Central Training Council in Child Care; and how many students already 158W allocated a place were unsuccessful in having a local authority to sponsor them for 1968 and 1969.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganFourteen applicants for the 1968 entry who were assessed as suitable for training could not be accommodated within the quota of the authority to whom they originally applied, and were referred to the clearing house accordingly. Three withdrew; the remaining 11 were found places with other authorities who had vacancies in their allocations. The corresponding operation for the 1969 entry is not complete.