§ 23. Mr. Les Huckfieldasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will publish regional and local figures of young people on youth opportunities programmes and other schemes, giving them as a percentage of the total number of young people looking for work.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonInformation is not available in the form requested. The following table shows the number of young people on youth opportunities programme schemes and in community industry for each region at the end of April 1982:70W
Table 1 Number of young people on youth opportunities programme Number of young people in community industry London 5,400 550 Midlands 35,100 700 Northern 17,000 1,000 North West 34,800 1,100 Scotland 26,100 1,500 South East 16,200 100 South West 13,600 200 Wales 12,100 850 Yorkshire and Humberside 19,700 1,100 On 15 April, the following numbers of young people under 18 were registered as unemployed:
Table 2 Numbers of young people under 18 registered as unemployed on 15 April 1982 London 19,610 Midlands 31,172 Northern 12,646 North West 27,500 Scotland 25,516 South East 28,299 South West 10,871 Wales 10,597 Yorkshire and Humberside 19,853 The information in table 2 has been adjusted so that the regions relate geographically to those in table 1.
As at 7 May 1982 there were some 88,000 unfilled YOP places in Great Britain for immediate occupation.