Mr. Jim Callaghanasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he has made any assessment of the likely shortfall of jobs for school leavers and graduates at the end of the current academic year.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonNo. It is not the Government's practice to forecast future levels of employment or unemployment. I have made no secret of the fact that the current high levels of unemployment are unlikely to fall in the short term, but our recently expanded special employment measures exist to help unemployed people—especially young people—with appropriate temporary employment and training.