§ 16. Mr. STEPHENasked the Minister of Labour how many unemployed young people are receiving training in Glasgow at the present time, and the percentage of those trained previously for whom permanent employment has been found?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDAs the reply is somewhat long, I will circulate it, if I may, in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the reply:
§ About 150 young unemployed men between the ages of 19 and 25 are in training at the Springburn Government Instructional Centre which was opened 159 in October last. The course is normally one of six months, but as in the case of other centres men may be placed before they complete their training, 17 have already so left and have passed into employment. Forty women between the ages of 18 and 35 are at present attending the Home Training Centre run by the Women's Central Committee on Women's Training and Employment. Since this centre opened over 65 per cent. of the trainees who have completed the course are known to have passed into permanent employment. In regard to young people between the ages of 14 and 18 there are at present 526 boys and 370 girls in attendance at the Juvenile Unemployment Centres in Glasgow. No information is available as to the number or percentage of boys and girls who had previously been attending the centres and have subsequently found permanent employment, but 6,034 boys and girls have passed through the centres since 1st April, 1928, and the majority of those who left did so to take up employment.