§ Mr. Leadbitterasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity how many young persons below the age of 21 years are registered unemployed in the Northern Region; and how many of these have no recorded employment.
§ Mr. FernyhoughAt 13th January, 1969, there were 7,177 persons aged 15 to 19 years registered as wholly unemployed in Northern region. They included 3,118 persons under 18 years of age, of whom 473 were school leavers registered for first employment. The statistics do not distinguish either the number of persons aged 20 years who were registered as wholly unemployed or the number over the age of 18 who had no previous employment.