§ 13. Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the Minister of Labour whether she has now discussed with the Plymouth local education authority the transfer of the Juvenile Employment Bureau at Devon-port to Plymouth; and whether, in view of the inconvenience caused and the anticipated increase of administrative work owing to juveniles becoming insurable on attaining the age of 15 years, the decision will be altered and the Juvenile Employment Bureau be retained in Devonport?
§ Miss BONDFIELDAfter consultation with the local education authority at Plymouth, I have agreed to their proposal to close the Juvenile Employment Bureau at Devonport and to centralise the services connected with juvenile employment at the Bureau in Plymouth for an experi- 2339 mental period of six months. The authority do not anticipate that this will cause any serious inconvenience to boys and girls living in Devonport, especially as the junior instruction centres for unemployed juveniles, both in Devonport and Plymouth are situated in Plymouth. I have, however, asked the education authority to review the situation at the end of six months in the light of experience gained, in order to make sure that their anticipations have, in fact, been realised.