§ Mr. SCURRasked the President how many young persons left school in the administrative county of London for each of the years 1920 to 1925, respectively, 692W ending at 31st March in each case; and how many were unemployed but desiring work in each year?
§ Lord E. PERCYThe number of boys and girls, other than those proceeding to other places of full-time education, who left public elementary schools in the administrative area of the London County Council during the years ended 31st March, 1920, 31st March, 1921. 31st March, 1922, 31st March, 1923, and 31st March, 1924, were respectively 65,203, 67,505, 60,419, 76,778, 65,350. A corresponding figure for the year ended 31st March, 1925, is not yet to hand. As regards the second part of the question, I understand that no statistics are available.