Mr. C. WILSONasked the Under-Secretary to the Ministry of Labour the number of boys and girls, respectively, who were on the live register of juvenile employment committees on the last available date; and how many of them were in receipt of unemployment benefit?
§ Mr. SHAWAt 4th February there were 40,264 boys and 38,646 girls on the live registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain. These numbers include juveniles registered for work in uninsurable occupations (in domestic service and agriculture), and juveniles between the ages of 14–16 who are not insurable. Roughly, only 50 per cent. of the juveniles on the registers are in the insured trades. The numbers of claims to benefit current at 4th February were 16,373 for boys and 13,138 for girls.