Mr. John D. TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the training centres indicating(a) their capacity and (b) the total number of trainees currently at each. [18759]
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§ Mr. AncramResponsibility for the subject in question has been delegated to the Training and Employment Agency under its chief executive, Mr. Ian Walters. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Ian Walters to Mr. John D. Taylor, dated 11 March 1997:
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has asked me, as Chief Executive of the Training and Employment Agency, to reply to your question about the Agency's Training Centres.The Agency has 10 Training Centres in Northern Ireland. The following chart details the trainee capacity and the number of trainees currently at each Centre.
Centre Physical capacity Current in-centre occupancy Ballymena 330 194 Craigavon 308 129 Dundonald 408 208 Enniskillen 204 125 Felden 419 152 Lisburn 216 206 Maydown 208 86 Newry 358 155 Omagh 192 122 Springtown 340 122 I hope you find this information useful.