Training (Hansard, 26 March 1974)

§ Mr. Harold Walker

The information which relates to my Department's administrative regions is as follows:

NUMBERS OF OPERATIONAL PLACES AVAILABLE AT GOVERNMENT TRAINING CENTRES IN ENGLAND, 31ST JANUARY 1974
Region	Places available
Northern	1,863
Yorkshire and Humberside	1,146
Eastern and Southern	1,551
London and South Eastern	2,397
South Western	944
Midlands	1,631
Northern Western	1,642
	11,171

				Number of Classes in Trade Group
Region	Government Training Centre	Construction	Engineering Production	Engineering Servicing	Electrical Electronics	Automotive	General Servicing	Miscellaneous
Northern	Billingham	…	…	4	8	2	2	2	—	1
	Darlington	…	…	2	7	1	1	2	—	1
	Durham	…	…	9	13	1	5	9	—	—
	Felling	…	…	2	14	4	6	10	1	2
	Killingworth	…	…	5	9	—	3	5	—	1
	Maryport	…	…	—	3	1	2	2	—	1
	Middlesbrough	…	…	6	2	1	2	7	—	1
Yorkshire and Humberside	Hull	…	…	3	5	1	2	4	—	2
	Leeds	…	…	5	5	2	3	6	3	2
	Sheffield	…	…	3	9	1	6	6	—	2
	Wakefield	…	…	3	8	4	3	8	—	1
Eastern and Southern	Basildon	…	…	4	5	2	4	4	—	—
	Letchworth	…	…	7	12	5	5	4	1	3
	Norwich	…	…	6	4	—	1	4	—	1
	Slough	…	…	5	10	3	2	6	3	—
	Southampton	…	…	9	9	1	6	5	—	2
	Portsmouth	…	…	1	—	—	—	2	—	—
London and South Eastern	Enfield	…	…	6	10	2	4	6	2	—
	Medway	…	…	9	9	2	3	8	—	2
	Perivale	…	…	7	9	3	6	8	2	3
	Poplar	…	…	6	15	1	6	2	1	2
	Twickenham	…	…	3	5	1	3	5	—	—
	Waddon	…	…	5	9	3	3	4	3	7
	West Sussex	…	…	5	6	1	2	5	—	—
South Western	Bristol	…	…	7	7	2	5	6	—	3
	Gloucester	…	…	5	9	1	1	5	—	1
	Plymouth	…	…	9	7	1	2	6	—	1
Midlands	Birmingham	…	…	3	12	3	5	7	1	2
	Coventry	…	…	5	6	2	5	3	—	1
	Dudley	…	…	4	7	1	2	3	—
	Leicester	…	…	3	8	2	5	5	—	2
	Long Eaton	…	…	10	14	1	4	9	—	1
	North Staffs	…	…	—	5	1	3	3	—	1
North Western	Blackburn	…	…	6	5	—	—	2	—	1
	Hindley	…	…	12	9	1	4	5	—	1
	Liverpool	…	…	10	9	2	4	4	1	2
	Manchester	…	…	5	3	—	2	2	—	2
	Runcorn	…	…	4	7	2	4	3	—	2
	St. Helens	…	…	3	8	2	1	6	—	—

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