HC Deb 05 November 1934 vol 293 c663W
Sir G. FOX

asked the Minister of Labour whether it is intended that compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Acts shall be payable in the case of an accident occurring to a trainee at an occupational centre established under the Unemployment Act?

Mr. STANLEY

Trainees at Government training centres and instructional centres are not employed persons within the meaning of the Workmen's Compensation Acts, but it is the practice to makeex gratia payments when claims for compensation are made by, or on behalf of, a trainee in respect of injury sustained in circumstances which would have created a liability under the Workmen's Compensation Acts had the trainee been an employed person within the meaning of these Acts. In the case of occupational centres for which voluntary bodies are responsible, I understand that arrangements have been made under which centres registering with the National Council of Social Service for the purpose can obtain the advantages of a special policy covering liability for compensation for injuries or accidents sustained by those making use of the centres.