§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many school leavers were unemployed in January of each of the following years; 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983.
§ Mr. Alexander Fletcher[pursuant to his reply, 28 April 1983, c. 373]: Information is not available prior to November 1961, when separate counts of unemployed school leavers were first undertaken. The table shows the number of unemployed school leavers registered at employment exchanges, jobcentres and careers offices—the old basis of the unemployment count—in Scotland at January in each of the years specified between 1965 and 1982, together with the number of unemployed school leaver claimants at unemployment benefit offices—the new basis of the count—in Scotland at January 1983.
Number of unemployed school leavers in Scotland in January Number 1965 1,794 1970 1,429 1975 (February) 3,692 1979 13,022 1980 13,301 1981 20,123 1982 24,642 1983 25,278 Note:
Information for January 1975 is not available owing to industrial action at that time; the figure for February has been given instead.