HC Deb 18 December 1975 vol 902 cc733-4W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will establish a Government training centre at Caernarvon.

Mr. Harold Walker

The Manpower Services Commission informs me that the

Numbers registered as unemployed at the Basildon Employment Office: September 1975
Males Females
Managerial (general management) … … … … … … 3 2
Professional and related supporting management and administration … 9 —
Professional and related in education, welfare and health … … … 10 9
Literary, artistic and sports … … … … … … … 4 6
Professional and related in science, engineering, technology and similar fields 28 —
Managerial (excluding general management) … … … … … 45 2
Clerical and related … … … … … … … … 190 185
Selling … … … … … … … … … … 55 33
Security and protective service … … … … … … … 6 —
Catering, cleaning, hairdressing and other personal service … … … 53 46
Farming, fishing and related … … … … … … … 31 6
Materials processing (excluding metal) (hides, textiles, chemicals, food, drink and tobacco, wood, paper and board, rubber and plastics) … 17 1
Making and repairing (excluding metal and electrical) (glass, ceramics, printing, paper products, clothing, footwear, woodworking, rubber and plastic) … … … … … … … … … … 104 8
Processing, making, repairing and related (metal and electrical) (iron, steel and other metals, engineering (including installation and maintenance), vehicles and shipbuilding) … … … … … … … 288 1
Painting, repetitive assembling, product inspecting, packaging and related … 78 12
Construction, mining and related not identified elsewhere … … … 254 —
Transport operating, materials moving and storing and related … … 236 3
Miscellaneous, including general labourers … … … … … 502 114
Total, all occupations … … … … … … … 1,913 428
The table does not include unemployed registered at careers offices.

Training Services Agency has recently reviewed the training needs of the Gwynedd area, including Caernarvon. There are at present no plans for a Skill-centre to be established there, but the Agency is developing training in a wide range of trades in colleges of further education and employers' establishments in the area.