HC Deb 06 August 1980 vol 990 cc141-2W
Mr. Ray Powell

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what specific provisions the Manpower Services Commission and his office are making to accommodate the 19,000 school leavers with employment.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

The Manpower Services Commission's youth opportunities programme has already been expanded this year and the guarantee to school leavers of the offer of a place on the programme by next Easter has been renewed.

number of pupils who received a free school meal on a selected day in the autumn term in each of the last five years was as follows: