Mr. Jenkinsasked the Minister of Labour whether he can state the total number of persons transferred by the Ministry of Labour from South Wales and Monmouthshire during 1937; the number between the ages of 14 and 16; the number between the ages of 16 and 21; and the number receiving financial assistance?
§ Mr. E. BrownFigures are not available showing, separately, transfers of persons in the age groups 14 to 16 and 16 to 21, but the following table shows the number of boys and girls aged 14 to 18 and the number of men and women over 18 transferred by the Department from South Wales and Monmouthshire during January and February, 1937.
Month. Men. Women. Boys. Girls. Total. January 603 128 310 189 1,230 February 475 149 193 137 954 1,078 277 503 326 2,184 Persons transferred under the Department's Transference Scheme in general receive financial assistance, for example,
Castleford. Normanton. Pontefract. Age group. Men. Women. Total. Men. Women. Total. Men. Women. Total. 18–20 years … 36 24 60 7 16 23 33 25 58 21–24 years … 178 37 215 53 12 65 144 28 172 25–34 years … 579 54 633 152 17 169 380 16 396 35–44 years … 564 12 576 167 — 167 412 4 416 45–54 years … 740 8 748 173 — 173 411 4 415 55–59 years … 434 2 436 114 2 116 272 1 273 60–64 years … 348 — 348 93 — 93 192 1 193 65 years and over … — — — — — — 1 — 1 Total, aged 18 and over. 2,879 137 3,016 759 47 806 1,845 79 1,924 Corresponding statistics for juveniles under 18 years of age are not available in respect of 2nd November, but at 26th October the numbers wholly unemployed,
3074Wby way of free fares. Grants are paid to juveniles proceeding to approved nonresidential employment if the wages earned do not enable them to be self-supporting in the new area. Returns are not available for 1937 showing how many juveniles were so assisted.