Based on Labour Party publication
The average number of unemployed workers under 18 have been supplied by the Ministry of Labour are quoted belows 1950 15,796 1951 13,613 1952 24,492 1953 18,500 1954 16,571 1955 13,548 1956 13,185 1957 16,293 1958 26,854 1959 30,694 1960 22,052 1961 19,322 1962 34,138 1963 50,102
The increase has been only partly due to the increased number of school leavers, At the end of 1963 there was a sharp fall — in December the total was down to 26,7183; this low figure is partly because Xmas is no longer school-leaving term. The numbers would be much bigver ifs (a) They included all under 25 or even all under 213; (b) some school leavers had not returned to school because of the job situation (this has happened in many northern towns); (c) all those out were included. Most school leavers register with the Youth imployment Officer, but as they cannot receive unemploymont bonefit, not all under cighteons register.