§ Mr. Kirbyasked the Minister of Labour whether he will give the total number of persons transferred from Liverpool, Birkenhead, and Bootle under schemes of his Department during the year 1936 and the first four months of 1775W this year, respectively, showing the number of boys and girls aged 14 to 18 and the number of men and women over 18 in each case?
The following table shows the number of men, women, boys and girls who were assisted through the Department to obtain employment in other areas during the year 1936 and the first four months of 1937, respectively, from Liverpool, Birkenhead and Bootle.
1936. First four months 1937. Total. Men over 18. Women over 18. Boys. Girls. Men over 18. Women over 18. Boys. Girls. 1936. First four months 1937. Liverpool … 773 1,757 499 6 349 560 154 14 3,035 1,077 Birkenhead … 205 119 26 Nil 92 54 2 Nil 350 148 Bootle … 83 376 49 8 52 115 18 2 516 187 1,061 2,252 574 14 493 729 174 16 3,901 1,412 The above table does not include men from the areas in question who have undertaken courses of training in Government Training or Instructional Centres as follows:—
Government Training Centres. Instructional Centres. 1936. First four months 1937. 1936. First four months 1937. Liverpool … … … … 827 389 1,103 261 Birkenhead … … … … 259 154 240 53 Bootle … … … … 217 147 223 69 Total … … … 1,303 690 1,566 383 A considerable number of these men will have been placed in employment through the Centres, but detailed statistics are not immediately available.