Safety Classes (Boys).

Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Industry. – in the House of Commons at on 24 May 1938.

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Photo of Mr Tom Smith Mr Tom Smith , Normanton

asked the Secretary for Mines the number of centres at which safety classes for pit-boys were held during the past 12 months and the approximate number of boys who attended?

Photo of Captain Harry Crookshank Captain Harry Crookshank , Gainsborough

Safety classes for colliery boys were held at 353 centres during the session 1937–38, and approximately 14,000 boys attended these classes.

Photo of Mr Tom Smith Mr Tom Smith , Normanton

Can the Secretary for Mines say whether all mining districts have these classes, and whether he has any information as to the percentage of boys taking the full course?

Photo of Captain Harry Crookshank Captain Harry Crookshank , Gainsborough

I should require to have notice of that question.

Photo of Mr George Griffiths Mr George Griffiths , Hemsworth

Has the Secretary for Mines any information as to the percentage of accidents to boys who attend safety classes as compared with the percentage of accidents to boys who do not attend?