§ Mr. Gwilym Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people aged 18 years and young persons aged 18 years and under there are in (a) Staffordshire and (b) the West Midlands who have never had a
12 October 11 October 9 October 1978 1979 1980 Staffordshire … … … … … 1,288 1,285 3,831 West Midlands Region … … … … 10,928 9,400 21,408 Work experience and training opportunities will be available for some of these young people under the youth opportunities programme, which the Secretary of State announced on 14 February would be expanded this year in order to admit over a quarter of a million young people throughout the country by next March.
§ Mr. Gwilym Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young persons aged 18 years and under
12 October 1978 11 October 1979 9 October 1980 Cannock employment office area … … 207 176 446 Rugeley employment office area … … 71 65 266 Work experience and training opportunities will be available for some of these young people under the youth opportunities programme, which the Secretary of State announced on 14 February would be expanded this year in order to admit over a quarter of a million young people throughout the country by next March.