§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what percentage of the total unemployed in England and Wales in each July for the last 10 years was formed by school leavers and adult students respectively;
(2) what percentage of the total unemployed figure in July each year for the last 10 years was formed by school leavers and adult students respectively, in Scotland.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe following is the information requested:
England and Wales Scotland School leavers Adult students School leavers Adult students (as percentages of Total Registered Unemployment in the area) July, 1972 1.6 3.6 5.9 3.0 July, 1971 1.2 3.4 5.0 1.9 July, 1970 1.1 (4.4) 4.3 (2.4) July, 1969 1.5 (3.2) 4.4 (3.6) July, 1968 1.0 (1.1) 4.3 (0.6) July, 1967 1.0 (0.5) 4.8 (0) July, 1966 1.5 5.2 July, 1965 3.4 5.3 July, 1964 2.1 6.1 July, 1963 2.0 5.6 Adult students registered for temporary vacation employment were not separately identified in counts of the unemployed before July 1971, though estimates of their numbers have been made between 1967 and 1971. Figures in the table based upon these estimates are shown in brackets.
§ Mr. Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what plans he has for improving the employment prospects for school-leavers on Tees-side who are at present unemployed;
(2) how many school leavers who left school in 1970 and 1971 are still unemployed on Tees-side.
376Wtively; and how these figures compare with those one year before.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
§ Mr. Dudley Smith311 school leavers were registered as unemployed in July; I regret that the statistics do not distinguish these separately by year of leaving. Various short-term measures have already been taken to improve employment and training opportunities in the area. In the longer term job opportunities should increase as the Government's general economic and regional measures take effect.