HC Deb 01 June 1933 vol 278 c2038
5. Mr. SMEDLEY CROOKE

asked the Minister of Labour the number of young men between the ages of 18 and 21 years who are registered as being employed in the city of Birmingham at the latest available date?

Mr. HUDSON

It is estimated that, at July, 1932, the latest date for which figures are available, there were about 26,000 young men, aged 18 to 20, inclusive, insured under the Unemployment Insurance Acts in the area of Employment Exchanges in the county borough of Birmingham. The number of young men of that age recorded as unemployed at those Exchanges at 24th April, 1933, was, 2,618.

Viscountess ASTOR

Have the Government a constructive plan to deal with the juvenile unemployed?