§ Sir Bernard Braineasked the Secretary of State for Social Services which health and local authorities have opened new adult training centres for mentally handicapped adults in the last two years, and which plan to do so in the next two years; and in both instances what special provision has been made for severely handicapped young people.
§ Mr. MoyleThe information available centrally relating to local authorities in England is as follows:
(a) The following authorities have received final approval for loan sanction purposes for Adult Training Centres since 1st April 1974:
- Avon
- Birmingham
- Bradford
- Cleveland
- Cambridgeshire
- Durham
- Doncaster
- Dudley
- Dorset
- Devon
- Derbyshire
- East Sussex
- Essex
- Gateshead
- Greenwich
- Hereford & Worcester
- Hampshire
- Islington
- Kent
- Leeds
- Leicestershire
525 - Merton
- North Yorkshire
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland
- Norfolk
- Nottinghamshire
- Richmond upon Thames
- Rochdale
- South Tyneside
- Staffordshire
- Sutton
- Somerset
- Shropshire
- Sunderland
- Wandsworth
- Warwickshire
(b) The following former local authorities received such approval during 1973–74:
- Bristol
- Buckinghamshire
- Dewsbury
- Enfield
- Essex
- Hampshire
- Lancashire
- Lincolnshire (Lindsey)
- Northampton
- Sheffield
- Somerset
- Surrey
- West Riding