National Drill Training Centre

Mr. Henderson
asked the Secretary of State for Employment which sites were investigated as suitable for the National Drill Training Centre.

Mr. Harold Walker
I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that in seeking a long term site for the establishment of a Drilling Technology Training Centre the suitability of 32 sites has been investigated. The location of these are given in the table below:

General Location and Site

Livingston Road Transport Industry Training Board Centre.Bing Site.

Glasgow Rothesay Dock, D. M. Stevenson Site.Rothesay Dock, Clyde Port Authority Site.Old Kilpatrick, Shell Mex and BP Training Centre.Blair Ardrie, Shell Mex and BP Training Centre.Alexandria, Green Field Site.

East Kilbride National Engineering Laboratory.

Angus Budden Camp.Tealing Airfield.Friockheim Airfield.Montrose Airfield.Montrose, Coronation Avenue Site.Montrose, Wardhouse.Brechin, Logie Pert Site.

Dundee Tayport Site.Budden Ness Site

Aberdeen Marywell and General Area.

Elgin Dallachy Airfield.Channery Farm.Springfield Farm.Forres (Factory Site).

Inverness Evanton, Highland Deephouse Site.Culloden, School of Forestry.

Dalkeith Straiton Area.Cowsland.

Midlothian Easton Colliery.Whitrigg Colliery.Riccarton Campus.

Grangemouth Refinery and Airlie Centre.

Stonehaven General Area.

Yorkshire Eakring Oilfield Site.