HC Deb 21 July 1938 vol 338 c2437W
Mr. Kelly

asked the Minister of Labour whether he will state the number of juveniles on the live register as unemployed during each of the last six months?

Mr. E. Brown

The numbers of unemployed juveniles, under 18 years of age, on the registers of Employment Exchanges and Juvenile Employment Bureaux in Great Britain at a date in each of the last six months were as follow:

Boys. Girls. Total.
17th Jan., 1938 52,856 64,049 116,905
14th Feb., 1938 49,241 61,348 110,589
14th March, 1938 42,490 54,816 97,306
4th April, 1938 41,177 51,797 92,974
16th May, 1938 48,072 55,138 103,210
13th June, 1938 44,074 48,874 92,948

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