§ 8. Mr. MANDERasked the Minister of Labour the number of authorities who have adopted schemes for compulsory training courses under the Unemployment Insurance Act of 1930 for those between the ages of 16 and 18 years; and the names of those which have not adopted schemes?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONEighty local education authorities are at present conducting junior instruction centres or classes. I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate the names of these in the Official Report. In addition to these separate courses 82 local education authorities have made arrangements with the Ministry for the admission of juvenile claimants to benefit to existing educational institutions. In most other areas there are not enough unemployed juvenile claimants to benefit to justify any special arrangement being made.
§ Mr. MANDERIs the right hon. Gentleman bringing pressure to bear in those cases where schemes have not been brought forward in areas where they are required?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONYes, I am constantly bringing pressure to bear, and I can assure the hon. Member that it is my wish that these centres should be formed wherever they are necessary.
§ Mr. MARTINAre these compulsory training centres?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONThe list is a long one. Perhaps the hon. Member had better put down that question.
§ Following is the list.
| LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES CONDUCTING JUNIOR INSTRUCTION CENTRES AND CLASSES. | |
| S.E. Division. | |
| London. | East Ham. |
| Essex. | Great Yarmouth. |
| Kent. | Norwich. |
| Middlesex. | Walthamstow. |
| Brighton. | West Ham. |
| Croydon. | |
| S.W. Division. | |
| Bristol. | Portsmouth. |
| Plymouth. | Southampton. |
| Midlands Division. | |
| Derbyshire. | Nottingham (C.B.). |
| Shropshire. | |
| Birmingham. | Stoke-on-Trent. |
| Derby (C.B.). | Wolverhampton. |
| Northampton. | Worcester. |
| N.E. Division. | |
| Durham. | Jarrow. |
| Northumberland. | Leeds. |
| Yorks (W.R.). | Middlesbrough. |
| Bradford. | Newcastle-on-Tyne. |
| Darlington. | Sheffield. |
| Dewsbury. | South Shields. |
| Doncaster. | Stockton. |
| Gateshead. | Sunderland. |
| Grimsby. | Lincoln (C.B.). |
| Hull. | |
| N.W. Division. | |
| Lancashire. | Liverpool. |
| Birkenhead. | Oldham. |
| Blackburn. | Manchester. |
| Blackpool. | Preston. |
| Bolton. | Rochdale. |
| Bootle. | Salford. |
| Burnley. | St. Helens. |
| Chester. | Wigan. |
| Scotland Division. | |
| Ayrshire. | Stirlingshire. |
| Dunbartonshire. | Aberdeen. |
| Fifeshire. | Dundee. |
| Lanarkshire. | Edinburgh. |
| Renfrewshire. | Glasgow. |
| Wales Division. | |
| Carmarthenshire. | Abertillery. |
| Denbighshire. | Cardiff. |
| Glamorgan. | Merthyr Tydfil. |
| Monmouthshire. | Newport. |
| Rhondda. | Swansea. |