Miss CAZALETasked the Minister of Labour the number of juveniles between the ages of 16 and 18 at present unemployed; the total number of juvenile instructional centres and courses provided in the country; the maximum number of juveniles which these will accommodate; and the number of juveniles between the ages stated actually in attendance?
§ Sir H. BETTERTON:On 20th February there were 76,093 insured juveniles between the ages of 16 and 18 registered for employment at the Employment Exchanges and Juvenile Employment Bureaux in Great Britain. 174 junior instruction centres and junior instruction classes were in operation at the end of February; in addition, juvenile claimants were attending at 581 existing educational institutions as a condition for the receipt of unemployment benefit. Generally speaking, centres have sufficient accommodation to admit all juvenile claimants to benefit in the area and all other unemployed juveniles who are willing to attend voluntarily. It is estimated that at the end of February there were about 20,700 juveniles between the ages of 16 and 18 in attendance.