Written Answers
Telephone Service (Emergency Attention, Egham)
asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that a prominent London doctor working at Westminster Hospital had his telephone (Egham 314) cut off for 22nd, 23rd, and 24th October; and why no attempt was made to repair this telephone until 25th October?
I regret to find that by an oversight, of which proper notice will be taken, the circuit Egham 314 was not included in the list of lines scheduled for emergency attention to faults. A considerable number of faults developed in the Egham area during the week-end 22nd-24th October, owing to abnormal weather conditions, and there was unfortunately some delay in restoring service on circuit Egham 314. The work of
| Period Covered. | Government Training Centres. | Instructional Centres. | ||||
| Number of places provided at end of period indicated. | Number who completed the course or obtained employment during it. | Number who obtained employment | Number of places provide at end of period indicated. | Number who completed the course or obtained employment during it. | Number who obtained employment. | |
| Year ended 31st December, 1929. | 3,300 | 4,768 | 4,429 | 1,200 | 1,637 | 1,608 |
| Year ended 31st December, 1930. | 3,770 | 6,204 | 5,160 | 1,880 | 7,127 | 6,530 |
| Year ended 31st December, 1931. | 2,777 | 7,170 | 5,290 | 850 | 6,059 | 5,667 |
| January to September, 1932. | 2,112 | 3,758 | 2,592 | 2,200 | 2,748 | 2,287 |
Transfer Of Workers
asked the Minister of Labour (1) the number of boys who have been transferred from the depressed areas to other parts of the country during the period of such transference; and the
repair was, in fact, begun on the 24th. The circuit has now been included in the emergency list.
Unemployment
Vacancies Filled
asked the Minister of Labour the number of placings through the Employment Exchanges of the country during 1929, 1930, and 1931, and the number who have been placed this year?
The numbers of vacancies filled by Employment Exchanges and Juvenile Employment Bureaux in Great Britain in these years were as follow:
| 1929 | … | 1,556,271 |
| 1930 | … | 1,732,144 |
| 1931 | … | 1,952,057 |
| 1932 (to 26th September) | … | 1,314,987 |
Training
asked the Minister of Labour the total number of places in training and reconditioning centres for the years 1929, 1930, and 1931; and the present time; and the total number who have passed through and been placed in work during those periods?
The following table shows the position at the dates indicated:figures for each year, respectively, including those for this year;(2) the number of men and boys transferred from the depressed areas to other parts of the country during the years such transference has been in operation, in- elusive of this year; and the figures for each year, respectively, as well as the figures for this year?
The numbers of men and boys transferred from depressed areas through Ministry of Labour Employment Exchanges and training centres, and juvenile employment bureaux since the inception of industrial transference schemes are as follow:
| — | Men. | Boys. |
| 1 | 11,000 | |
| 1929 | 25,843 | 2,622 |
| 1930 | 28,258 | 1,313 |
| 1931 | 17,588 | 868 |
| 1932 (nine months) | 7,246 | 514 |
Education (Glamorgan)
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education if his attention has been called to the fact that it has been calculated that, out of every 100 children who pass into the higher schools of Glamorgan, only 37 succeed in passing the final examinations; and whether he intends to take any action in the matter?
My attention has not been called to the calculations referred to in the question. If the hon. Member will supply me with further details, I will gladly have inquiries made and communicate with him as to the result.
Agriculture (Workers)
asked the Minister of Agriculture the number of farm-workers
| Persons proceeded against and convicted of procuration in 1928, 1929 and 1930. | ||||||
| — | Persons proceeded against in Courts of Summary Jurisdiction. | Number committed for trial. | Number of these persons convicted at Courts of Trial during the same year or following year. | |||
| 1928 | … | … | … | 5 (2 discharged) | 3 | 3 |
| 1929 | … | … | … | 6 | 6 | 5 (1 discharged). |
| 1930 | … | … | … | 14 (3 discharged) | 11 | 8 (3 discharged). |
regularly employed in the agricultural industry in 1927 as compared with 1932?
The following table gives the figures for which my hon. Friend asks:
| Number of Workers* employed on Agricultural Holdings above one acre in extent, as returned on 4th June, 1927 and 1932, in England and Wales. | ||
| — | 1927. | 1932. |
| Regular Workers— | No. | No. |
| Males 21 years old and over | 452,835 | 419,380 |
| Males under 21 years old | 134,238 | 115,610 |
| Women and girls | 62,629 | 62,240 |
| 649,702 | 597,230 | |
| Casual Workers— | ||
| Males 21 years old and over | 67,078 | 64,640 |
| Males under 21 years old | 18,034 | 9 310 |
| Women and girls | 39,635 | 25,940 |
| 124,747 | 99,890 | |
| Total Workers | 774,449 | 697,120 |
| * Excluding the occupier, bis wife and domestic servants. | ||
Procuration
asked the Home Secretary how many prosecutions have taken place in this country, in respect of the years ending 30th September, 1930, 1931, and 1932, relating to the white slave traffic; and how many convictions have resulted?
Criminal statistics for 1931 and 1932 are not yet available, but I can give figures for 11130 and the previous two years for the offence of procuration which includes the offences usually implied in the term "white slave traffic."