§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many school leavers there were in (a) 1980 and (b) 1981 in the Northern region, broken down according to local education authorities, who still have yet to receive an offer on the youth opportunities programme for the latest available date in accordance with the 1980 school leaver undertaking.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 25 June 1981, c. 106]: On 10 April 1980 there were 108 1979 school leavers who had yet to receive an offer of a place on the youth opportunities programme in the Northern region. On 9 April 1981 there were 302 1980 school leavers who had yet to receive an offer of a place on the programme.
Information is not available regarding the numbers of 1979 school leavers still to receive an offer of a place. Currently there are 154 1980 school leavers awaiting an 258W offer of a place. All of these young people have been submitted to sponsors on a number of occasions but have not yet been accepted.
The following table gives a breakdown of the above figures by local education authority.
1979 School leavers left at 10 April 1980 1980 School leavers left at 9 April 1981 1980 School leavers still to receive an offer Cleveland 20 121 84 Durham 10 20 8 Gateshead 5 12 6 Newcastle 32 27 12 North Tyneside 15 50 26 Northumberland 8 2 0 South Tyneside 10 25 6 Sunderland 2 18 6 Cumbria 6 27 6