§ Mr. Harold Walkerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will have talks with the education authorities in the Doncaster travel-to-work area with a view to making more full-time courses available for unemployed teenagers; and if she will make additional funds available for this purpose.
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§ Mr. van StraubenzeeThe College of Art and the College of Technology in Doncaster are already running courses for unemployed young people in construction, engineering, vehicle maintenance and catering, on behalf of certain industrial training boards and the Department of Employment. In addition, the local education authority offered to mount courses in secretarial work, building and electrical engineering but there was no response from the young people concerned. I have no powers to assist a local education authority with expenditure incurred in this way.