§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people in the Wolverhampton travel-to-work area have been unemployed for 12 months or more.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkOn 13 October, the latest date for which an analysis by duration of unemployment is available, the number of unemployed claimants in the Wolverhampton travel-to-work area who had been unemployed for over 52 weeks was 11,710.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many places under the training opportunities scheme and the youth opportunities programme/youth training scheme are available in Wolverhampton; and how many of these have been taken up.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe information requested is as follows (Figures relate to the Wolverhampton local education authority area):
Places available Places occupied Training Opportunities Scheme (2 December 1983) 498 407 Youth Training Scheme (31 October 1983) 3,905 2,112 Recruitment to the youth opportunities programme ceased in September 1983; as at 31 October, about 150 young people in Wolverhampton had places under the programme.