§ 16. Mr. Madelasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the current position relating to the availability, training and deployment of instructors in skill-centres; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that over 1,000 instructors have been recruited over the past three years to meet the large expansion in the skillcentre network. Over 2,000 instructors, each of whom received eight weeks training in the first year of service, are now deployed in 68 skill-centres and 32 annexes, and the MSC is continuing to increase this complement in order to open further classes in the 13 new centres due to open in the next two to three years.