HC Deb 09 December 1937 vol 330 cc544-5
14. Mr. Day

asked the Minister of Labour the number of boys and girls from the depressed areas who have been found employment in the Greater London area through the Employment Exchanges and juvenile employment bureaux for the 12 months ended to the last convenient date?

Mr. E. Brown

2,138 boys and 1,117 girls from the areas scheduled under the juvenile transference scheme were found employment in the Greater London area through the Employment Exchanges and juvenile employment bureaux during the 12 months ended November, 1937.

Mr. Day

Are there any special safeguards for these juveniles when they are transferred?

Mr. Brown

That is a large question, but I am not clear what the hon. Member means.

Mr. Day

Are arrangements made for the care of these juveniles when they come to London?

Mr. Brown

The hon. Member knows that there is a most elaborate scheme in London.

Mr. E. J. Williams

Will the right hon. Gentlemen see that these youths are paid sufficient to keep themselves rather than have to be dependent on subsidies from their parents?