4 and 5. Miss LEEasked the Minister of Labour (I) the number and percentage of unemployed young men and women under 21 years of age;
(2) if any estimate has been made by her Department of the number of young persons under 21 years of age who are unemployed but not in an insurable occupation?
§ Miss BONDFIELDAt 24th March, 1930, there were 219,618 unemployed persons under 21 years of age on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain, of whom 181,340 were insured under the Unemployment Insurance Acts and 38,278 were not insured. The unemployed insured persons aged 16–20, inclusive, represented 7.3 per cent. of the total number of insured persons of those ages. A corresponding percentage cannot be given in respect of those who were not insured against unemployment. I am unable to say how many unemployed young persons under 21 years of age there may be who have not registered at Employment Exchanges.