§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest figure of young people in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the west midlands who have never been employed since leaving school in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. GummerThe following table gives, at January 1981, January 1982 and October 1982, the numbers of registered (the old basis of the count) unemployed young people under 18 years of age who had not entered employment since completing full-time education. It also gives the available figure for unemployed claimants (the new basis of the count) at these dates and at January 1983. Estimates of unemployed claimants prior to October 1982 are not available below regional level.
Unemployed school-leavers under 18 years of age Wolverhampton jobcentre area West Midlands region January 1981 Registered 959 11,034 Claimants * 9,400 January 1982 Registered 1,442 16,785 Claimants * 15,400 October 1982 Registered 1,719 23,678 Claimants 922 21,263 January 1983 Claimants 716 16,084 * Not available.