§ Mr. Wrigglesworthasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will draw the Inter-Departmental Working Party Report on Education and Training for Offshore Development to the attention of polytechnics in the Northern Region of England with a view to concentrating efforts on a single centre, as recommended in the Report of the Select Committee on Science and Technology in July 1974.
§ Mr. MulleyI have been asked to reply.
I would refer my hon. Friend to paragraph 64 of the White Paper "Select Committee on Science and Technology, Government Observations on Report, Session 1974, Offshore Engineering"
ENGLAND AND WALES Compulsory Liquidations Creditors voluntary Liquidations Total 1973 … 1,080 1,495 2,575 1974 … 1,395 2,325 3,720 Period to 30th June 1975 (Provisional) … 1,141 1,426 2,567 SCOTLAND 1973 … 25 73 98 1974 … 42 113 155 Period to 30th June 1975 (Provisional) … 26 85 111