§ Mr. Thomas Coxasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the number of men, living in the London borough of Wandsworth, who have taken up Government retraining facilities during each of the last three years.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkThe numbers of men living in the London borough of Wandsworth who took up Government training in the years 1970, 1971, and 1972 were 99, 87 and 150 respectively.
§ Mr. Stallardasked the Secretary of State for Employment what retraining facilities are available in north and northwest London; and whether he has any plans to increase the number of such places in those areas.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkThe training needs of the north and north-west London 113W areas are served primarily by Government training centres at Enfield and Perivale which offer a total of 694 places and by courses at a number of colleges of further education and employers' establishments where 516 places are currently available. An additional 260 places will be made available at the two centres during 1973 and it is planned to expand the number of places in colleges and employers' establishments as quickly as possible.
Facilities are also available at other Government training centres, colleges and employers' establishments in the Greater London area which are within easy travelling distance of north-west London.