§ Mr. THORNEasked the Minister of Labour if she is aware of the increasing proportion of young persons, male and female, employed in the engineering and shipbuilding industries: the numbers of young persons at present employed in these industries in proportion to the adult male workers: and, in view of the high percentage of unemployment amongst adult workers, what steps, if 1601W any, is she prepared to take to protect the interests of adult workers?
§ Miss BONDFIELDThe following table gives for each industry in respect of July, 1923, 1927 and 1930, the percentage of insured males and females aged 16
Industry. Percentage of Insured Persons not recorded as unemployed at June of each year. Men 18–64. Boys 16 and 17. Women 18–64. Girls 16 and 17. Total. General Engineering: Engineers' Iron and Steel Founding 1923 86.0 6.7 6.3 1.0 100.0 1927 85.4 6.8 6.7 1.1 100.0 1930 83.3 7.6 7.7 1.4 100.0 Electrical Engineering 1923 72.7 7.4 16.5 3.4 100.0 1927 71.4 6.9 18.7 3.0 100.0 1930 70.2 7.7 18.3 3.8 100.0 Marine Engineering, etc. 1923 91.9 5.8 2.1 0.2 100.0 1927 91.0 6.7 21 0.2 100.0 1930 89.9 7.9 1.9 0.3 100.0 Constructional Engineering 1923 89.2 6.7 3.5 0.6 100.0 1927 88.8 7.1 3.5 0.6 100.0 1930 87.6 8.1 3.8 0.5 100.0 Construction and Repair of Motor Vehicles, Cycles and Aircraft 1923 81.7 7.6 94 1.3 100.0 1927 82.7 7.3 8.7 1.3 100.0 1930 81.6 7.8 9.2 1.4 100.0 Shipbuilding 1923 90.6 6.8 2.4 0.2 100.0 1927 92.0 5.9 1.9 0.2 100.0 1930 90.3 7.7 1.8 0.2 100.0 All Industries (including those above and others not specified) 1923 67.5 5.4 23.3 3.8 100.0 1927 66.7 5.3 24.2 3.8 100.0 1930 66.5 5.5 23.9 4.1 100.0