Mr. Whiteasked the Home Secretary whether any permission has been given for young persons between the ages of 16 and 18 to be engaged in night work; and, if so, in what types of manufacture are they employed and what are the numbers affected?
§ Sir J. AndersonEmergency Orders have been made authorising the employment of male young persons over 16 at night in the case of 30 factories, of which 11 are engaged in the manufacture of aircraft or aircraft components, four in making wire ropes or cables and 15 in more miscellaneous processes in the manufacture of armaments. In addition, Orders have been made for 12 factories in the iron and steel and glass industries modifying or extending the circumstances in which night work for male young persons was already permissible under the Factories Act in those industries. Information as to the number of young persons affected by these Orders is not available. No Orders have been made authorising the employment of female young persons at night.