§ Major BIRCHALLasked the Minister of Labour what is the basis of the percentage system contained in the new conditions for the continuance of juvenile unemployment centres; and how in the case of Leeds is the figure 2.2 arrived at?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDUnder the 1926–27 Scheme for Juvenile Unemployment Centres the percentage of insured548W juvenile unemployed, which determines whether grant is payable and, if so, at what rate, is the average number of insured juveniles recorded as unemployed in the area of the authority at the end of each of the 12 months to 23rd November, 1925. This average is calculated as a percentage of the number of insured juveniles in the authority's area, as shown by the number of unemployment books exchanged during the three months to 5th October, 1925. On this basis, the number of insured juveniles in the area of the Leeds Education Authority was 14,628, and the average number of insured juveniles unemployed in the area was 319, or 2.2 per cent.