§ Mr. J. Griffithsasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he can state the number of children who left school in the area of each of the local education authorities in South Wales, including Monmouthshire, at the end of the terms in July and December, 1937; how many of those children have since found employment; and how many are still unemployed?
Mr. LindsayMy Noble Friend regrets that no information is available as to the number of children who left public elementary schools on the dates mentioned; but such particulars as are available of the number of children who left public elementary, secondary, and junior technical schools in 1937 are given in the following statement.
The Board have no information as to the number of children who have found employment since leaving school, or how many are still unemployed; but included in the table are the numbers who left public elementary schools at the end of March, 1937, for employment or for home duties.
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Numbers of pupils who left school in the areas of Local Education Authorities in South Wales (including Monmouthshire) during the School Year 1936–37. Local Education Authority. Public Elementary Schools maintained by Local Education Authorities year ended 31st March, 1937. Grant aided Secondary Schools year ended 31st July, 1937. Junior Technical Schools year ended 31st July, 1937. Total number of leavers. Number who left for Number who left, excluding those transferred to other efficient Secondary Schools. Number who left during the year. Employment other than Home duties. Home duties. Brecknockshire C. … 1,034 488 193 292 * Cardiganshire C. … 902 396 133 366 * Carmarthenshire C. … 2,395 1,131 524 603 * Carmarthen B. … 218 109 37 — — Llanelly B. … 636 459 18 — — Glamorgan C. … 7,203 3,838 1,518 2,777 201 Neath B. … 644 374 140 — — Port Talbot B. … 824 465 156 — — Aberdare U.D. … 1,005 629 171 — — Barry U.D. … 813 526 52 — — Mountain Ash U.D. … 870 553 162 — — Pontypridd U.D. … 968 587 206 — — Rhondda U.D. … 2,979 1,660 551 — — Cardiff C.B. … 4,128 2,879 183 1,004 20 Merthyr Tydfil C.B. … 1,286 775 162 326 * Swansea C.B. … 2,935 1,820 464 467 2 Monmouthshire C. … 5,104 2,711 972 1,295 215 Abertillery U.D. … 664 322 160 — — Ebbw Vale U.D. … 662 332 158 — — Newport C.B. … 1,730 1,132 120 308 61 Pembrokeshire C. … 1,422 752 246 451 * Pembroke B. … 261 179 7 — — Radnorshire C. … 371 194 82 71 * * There are no Junior Technical Schools in the areas of these Authorities.