§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people are unemployed in (a) the North-West, (b) Merseyside, (c) Kirkby and (d) Ormskirk; and how many in each case have been unemployed for over one year.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe following table gives, for the areas specified, the total numbers of unemployed young people under 20 years of age distinguishing 141W separately those unemployed for more than 52 weeks. The information is for 9 April, the latest date for which it is available.
Unemployed young people under 20 years of age Of whom, those unemployed for over 52 weeks North-West region 58,831 5,802 Merseyside special development area 19,920 3,042 Kirkby employment office area 1,277 210 Ormskirk employment office area 163 10 The expanded youth opportunities programme is designed to help unemployed young people with appropriate work experience or training.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of school leavers registered as unemployed in each travel-to-work area in the North-West.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe following table gives the provisional numbers of school leavers under 18 years of age registered as unemployed at 14 May in the areas specified.
Unemployed School Leavers Accrington* 129 Ashton-under-Lyme* 363 Birkenhead* 995 Blackburn* 256 Blackpool* 248 Bolton* 510 Burnley* 152 Bury* 396 Chester 172 Clitheroe 14 Crewe* 206 Lancaster* 135 Leigh* 254 Liverpool* 3,855 Macclesfield 85 Manchester* 2,956 Nelson* and Barnoldswick 97 Northwich* 159 Oldham* 344 Ormskirk* 171 Preston* 458 Rochdale* 273 Rossendale* 103 St. Helens 424 Southport 152 Warrington* 398 Widnes* 423 Wigan* 535 * Travel-to-work area comprising two or more employment office areas. The expanded youth opportunities programme under-takes to offer unemployed 1981 school leavers appropriate training in work experience before Christmas.