§ Mr. HICKSasked the Minister of Labour the number and percentage of unemployed juveniles who were summoned to a court of referees during the quarter ended September, 1933, and the number disallowed benefit, together with the corresponding numbers and percentage for the September quarter, 1932?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONDuring the three months July to September, 1933, 7,415 claims to benefit by juveniles 16 and 17 years of age were considered by courts of referees in Great Britain, of which 6,112 were disallowed. The corresponding figures for the period of three months, July to September, 1932, were 8,080 and 6,625, respectively. Figures showing the total number of juveniles who experienced unemployment during the periods in ques- 939W tion are not available, but if the numbers of cases considered by courts of referees are related to the average number of insured juveniles recorded as unemployed at monthly intervals during the periods, the percentages obtained would be 14–7 for July to September, 1933, and 10–1 for the corresponding period of 1932, when the numbers recorded as unemployed were much higher than in 1933.
§ Mr. HICKSasked the Minister of Labour the numbers of persons between the ages of 16 and 18 years and between 19 and 21 years, respectively, who registered as unemployed during the first week of November, 1933, and the corresponding numbers during the first week of November, 1932?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONThe following table shows the numbers of unemployed insured persons under 21 years of age on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain at 23rd October, 1933, and 24th October, 1932, the dates nearest to the weeks mentioned in the question for which statistics are available. Statistics showing the numbers of uninsured persons of these ages on the registers are not available:
Date Numbers aged 16 and 17. Numbers aged 18–20 inclusive. 23rd October, 1933 38,730 157,248 24th October, 1932 60,775 215,438