asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report the towns, indicating their population, where his Department now has skillcentres.
, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 28th February 1977; Vol. 927, c. 42], gave the following information:The Manpower Services Commission is now responsible for all matters relating to training, operating through the Train-
| TSA Region | Skillcentre | Local Authority District | Total population (thousands) (1974) | ||||
| Scotland | Bellshill (A) | … | … | Motherwell | … | … | 160·8 |
| Dumbarton | … | … | Dumbarton | … | … | 79·1 | |
| Dundee | … | … | Dundee City | … | … | 196·4 | |
| Dunfermline | … | … | Dunfermline | … | … | 124·9 | |
| Edinburgh (A) | … | … | Edinburgh | … | … | 475·0 | |
| Glasgow (A) (Hillington) | … | Glasgow City | … | … | 905·1 | ||
| Irvine | … | … | Cunninghame | … | … | 129·8 | |
| Port Glasgow | … | … | Inverclyde | … | … | 107·3 | |
| Glasgow (Queenslie) | … | … | Monklands | … | … | 109·2 | |
| North-East | Killingworth | … | … | Newcastle on Tyne | … | 297·0 | |
| Felling on Tyne (A) | … | … | Gateshead | … | … | 222·3 | |
| Durham (A) | … | … | Durham | … | … | 88·2 | |
| Darlington | … | … | Darlington | … | … | 97·5 | |
| Billingham on Tees | … | … | Stockton on Tees | … | … | 162·5 | |
| Middlesbrough (A) | … | … | Middlesbrough | … | … | 153·9 | |
| Hull | … | … | Kingston upon Hull | … | 278·8 | ||
| Bradford | … | … | Bradford | … | … | 461·0 | |
| Wakefield | … | … | Wakefield | … | … | 305·3 | |
| Leeds (A) | … | … | Leeds | … | … | 748·3 | |
| North-West | Maryport | … | … | Allerdale | … | … | 94·5 |
| Blackburn | … | … | Blackburn | … | … | 142·1 | |
| Manchester (Trafford Park) | … | Manchester | … | … | 516·1 | ||
| Manchester (Denton) | … | … | Tameside | … | … | 226·6 | |
| Hindley (A) | … | … | Wigan | … | … | 306·6 | |
| Rochdale | … | … | Rochdale | … | … | 210·6 | |
| St. Helens (A) | … | … | St. Helens | … | … | 193·5 | |
| Liverpool | … | … | Liverpool | … | … | 561·1 | |
| Runcorn | … | … | Halton | … | … | 106·2 | |
| Midlands | Sheffield (2A) | … | … | Sheffield | … | … | 561·5 |
| Long Eaton (A) | … | … | Nottingham | … | … | 287·6 | |
| Kirkby in Ashfield | … | … | Ashfield | … | … | 102·4 | |
| North Staffordshire | … | … | Stoke on Trent | … | … | 258·3 | |
| Leicester | … | … | Leicester | … | … | 287·3 | |
| Wolverhampton | … | … | Wolverhampton | … | … | 268·2 | |
| Dudley | … | … | Dudley | … | … | 298·7 | |
| Birmingham (Handsworth) (A) | … | Birmingham | … | … | 1,086·5 | ||
| Birmingham (Castle Bromwich) | … | Birmingham | … | … | 1,086·5 | ||
| Coventry (A) | … | … | Coventry | … | … | 335·3 | |
| Wales and West | Wrexham | … | … | Wrexham Maelor | … | … | 107·2 |
| Newport | … | … | Newport | … | … | 134·7 | |
| West Gwent (A) | … | … | Newport | … | … | 134·7 | |
| Llanelli | … | … | Llanelli | … | … | 76·8 | |
| Cardiff (2A) | … | … | Cardiff | … | … | 284·7 | |
| Port Talbot | … | … | Afan | … | … | 58·6 | |
ing Services Agency (TSA), and the list below shows TSA skillcentres expected to be operating in April 1977, together with the local authority districts in which they are situated and the latest—1974—official estimates of population. It should be borne in mind that the effective catchment area of each centre, as measured by places within daily travelling distance, is normally much wider than the district. Moreover, in the case of Greater London, the extent to which trainees travel to other parts of the conurbation makes it misleading to show any figures for individual London boroughs.
TSA Region
| Skillcentre
| Local Authority District
| Total population (thousands) (1974) | ||||
| Gloucester (A) | … | … | Gloucester | … | … | 91·0 | |
| Bristol (A) | … | … | Bristol | … | … | 418·6 | |
| Plymouth (2A) | … | … | Plymouth | … | … | 251·2 | |
| South-East | Peterborough | … | … | Peterborough | … | … | 111·3 |
| Norwich | … | … | Norwich | … | … | 119·8 | |
| Ipswich* | … | … | Ipswich | … | … | 122·5 | |
| Milton Keynes | … | … | Milton Keynes | … | … | 78·0 | |
| Letch worth | … | … | North Hertfordshire | … | 103·7 | ||
| Basildon (A) | … | … | Basildon | … | … | 137·6 | |
| Slough (A) | … | … | Slough | … | … | 101·8 | |
| Medway (A) | … | … | Medway | … | … | 143·8 | |
| West Sussex (A) | … | … | Worthing | … | … | 89·3 | |
| Portsmouth | … | … | Portsmouth | … | … | 200·0 | |
| Southampton (A) | … | … | Southampton | … | … | 213·0 | |
| London | Enfield (A) | … | … | Greater London | … | … | 7,162·3 |
| Perivale (A) | … | … | |||||
| Twickenham (A) | … | … | |||||
| Poplar | … | … | |||||
| Waddon (A) | … | … | |||||
| Sources: | |||||||
| Local Authority Vital Statistics 1974 (England and Wales) OPCS. | |||||||
| Annual Report 1974 Part 2—population and vital statistics (Registrar General Scotland) | |||||||
| Notes: | |||||||
| 1. * Ipswich skillcentre was handed over to TSA on 15th December 1976 but a training start will not be made until early April 1977. | |||||||
| 2. The Letter (A) by the name of a skillcentre indicates that training is also carried out in a separate Annexe. A few of these are situated in other local authority districts. | |||||||