§ Mr. CLARKEasked (1) the Minister of Labour if he can see his way clear to set up a committee to investigate the best method of making educational provision for the young unemployed, in view of the inadequacy of the present provision;
(2) the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education if he can now see his way clear to make the age of unemployed insurance one with the school-leaving age, in order to bring the young unemployed into any educational scheme?
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§ Sir H. BETTERTONI have been asked to reply also to the second of these questions. The age of entry into Unemployment Insurance and the provision of instruction for larger numbers of unemployed boys and girls were dealt with in the report of the Royal Commission on Unemployment Insurance. At the present time provision is made through the scheme of junior instruction centres and classes administered centrally by the Ministry of Labour, and locally by local education authorities, to provide instruction for about 20,000 unemployed boys and girls. This, though a substantial number, is a comparatively small proportion of the total number of unemployed
Unemployed Persons on the Registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain. Date. Men. Boys. Women. Girls. Total. 24th August, 1931 … … 1,986,268 75,908 610,729 60,877 2,733,782 24th April, 1933 … … 2,169,128 68,858 405,700 53,948 2,697,634
§ Mr. LAWSONasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons who have lost benefit under the operation of the Anomalies Act since its commencement?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONUp to 31st March, 1933, 250,567 claims for benefit and applications for transitional payments had been disallowed by Courts of Referees in Great Britain under the Anomalies Regulations. The figure relates to claims; the
Determinations on Applications for Transitional Payments in Great Britain. Period. Allowed at rates lower than maximum benefit rates. Needs of applicants held not to justify payment. 12th November, 1931–23rd January, 1932* … 764,223 319,112 25th January, 1932–1st April, 1933: Initial Applications … 506,762 285,989 Renewals and Revisions … 3,806,803 389,788 * The figures for this period include renewals and revisions as well as initial applications. Separate figures for initial applications are not available. The figures in the table relate to applications; the numbers of separate individuals concerned are not available.