HC Deb 24 October 1935 vol 305 cc334-5W
Duchess of ATHOLL

asked the Minister of Labour whether he will state the number of juveniles, aged 14 to 16, employed or unemployed on the latest date in 1935 for which figures are available, and on the corresponding date in 1934, 1933, 1932, 1931, and 1930?

Mr. E. BROWN

Statistics are not available of the total numbers of juveniles in employment at any recent date. Some estimates of the numbers of boys and girls aged 14, 15, 16 and 17 years, respectively, likely to be available for employment at the end of 1931 and subsequent years were published on pages 348 and 349 of the October, 1934, issue of the "Ministry of Labour Gazette," a copy of which I am sending to the Noble Lady. The numbers of juveniles aged 14 and under 16 years registered as unemployed in Great Britain at 23rd September, 1935, and 24th September, 1934, were 75,064 and 63,225 respectively. Similar figures are not available for earlier years.