asked the Minister of Labour, why no factories have yet been established in the West Riding of Yorkshire by the Disabled Persons Employment Corporation; what revisions have been made in the programme announced on 17th April; and when the first factory will be opened.

The first of the Disabled Persons Factories in the West Riding of Yorkshire is that at Halifax, but the opening has been delayed because of difficulties in completing the electrical work. This is now in hand but I am unable at this stage to say when the factory will be ready. Two factories additional to those in the programme announced on 17th April are under consideration, one at Doncaster and one, to deal with cases of tuberculosis, at Sheffield.