HC Deb 02 December 1925 vol 188 cc2256-7W
Mr. H. WILLIAMS

asked the Minister of Labour if he can give an estimate of young people seeking employment who have not yet secured their first job; and the corresponding figure for a year ago?

Sir A. STEEL-MAITLAND

I am afraid that I am not in a position to give the estimate for which my hon. Friend asks. An inquiry, however, made in June last indicated that of the 33,311 boys and 27,010 girls then registered for employment, about 3,200 boys and 5,600 girls had not had employment since leaving school. Most of them had left school quite recently.