§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the Minister of Labour how many local education authorities have so far provided approved courses of instruction for insured contributors under the age of 18 years in accordance with the provisions of Section 15 of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1930; and how many insured contributors in the area of each authority are taking advantage of them?
§ Miss BONDFIELDProposals have been sanctioned for the provision of approved courses of instruction for unemployed juveniles in the areas of 78 local education authorities in Great Britain, and, on 19th November approved courses of instruction were in operation in the areas of 66 of these authorities. The following statement gives the information asked for in the second part of the question:
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Local Education Authority. Number of juveniles in attendance at approved courses of instruction during week ended 19th November. Insured contributors attending as a condition for the receipt of benefit. Other. Total. Dudley … … 196 — 196 Dewsbury … … 48 — 48 Durham County … … 393 467 860 Eastbourne … … 4 — 4 Gateshead … … 218 54 272 Gloucester … … 51 13 64 Gloucestershire … … 12 — 12 Grimsby … … 61 56 117 Hastings … … 8 — 8 Hull … … 209 8 217 Jarrow … … 120 6 126 Kesteven … … 21 1 22 Lancashire … … 339 33 372 Leeds … … 245 4 249 Liverpool … … 993 140 1,133 London County Council … … 281 1 282 Leicester … … 41 — 41 Manchester … … 576 25 601 Middlesbrough … … 372 4 376 Newcastle-on-Tyne … … 249 1 250 Northumberland … … 105 38 143 Nottinghamshire … … 75 89 164 Oldham … … 113 14 127 Plymouth … … 71 31 102 Portsmouth … … 83 20 103 Poole … … 22 — 22 Reading … … 7 — 7 Salford … … 299 6 305 Staffordshire … … 154 48 202 Stoke-on-Trent … … 137 — 137 Stockport … … 222 107 329 South shields … … 188 70 258 Sheffield … … 506 2 508 Sunderland … … 292 27 319 Tynemouth … … 39 21 60 Warwickshire … … 102 33 135 West Bromwich … … 23 — 23 Worcestershire … … 23 2 25 Wigan … … 380 17 397 West Ham … … 228 14 242 Wolverhampton … … 228 17 245 Yorkshire (West Riding) … … 94 37 131 York … … 41 8 49 WALES. Abertillery … … 44 87 131 Cardiff … … 173 145 318 Carmarthenshire … … 46 48 94 Glamorganshire … … 387 293 680 Merthyr Tydfil … … 24 215 39 Monmouthshire … … 126 225 351 Newport (Mon.) … … 65 36 101 Rhondda … … 86 228 314 Swansea … … 249 206 455 SCOTLAND. Edinburgh … … 225 7 232 Glasgow … … 1,540 33 1,573 County of Lanark … … 228 — 228 Midlothian … … 15 2 17