§ Mr. Nicholsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many adults and school leavers were placed in employment by the jobcentres in the Newry and Armagh constituency in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. ButlerThe information requested is given below for the Newry and Armagh job markets. Figures for young persons under 18 are included as no separate information is available on school leavers.
Armagh Adults Young Persons Total 1979 661 191 852 1980 465 163 628 1981 320 96 416 1982 401 107 508 1983 426 81 507
Newry Adults Young Persons Total 1979 965 273 1,238 1980 688 134 822 1981 722 103 825 1982 638 184 822 1983 594 174 768
§ Mr. Nicholsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons who left school at the end of summer term in each of 1981, 1982 and 1983 in Newry and Armagh constituency are now in (a) full-time permanent employment, (b) full-time education, (c) on youth training or temporary employment or (d) unemployed.
§ Mr. ButlerInformation in the form requested is not available. Some relevant statistics relating to the economic activity of young people in the Newry and Armagh area are set out below:
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1*. Trainees currently on the Youth Training Programme: Travel to Work Area School-leavers in 1982–1983 Newry and Armagh 490 Note: 1981 school-leavers would not now be in the Youth Training Scheme.
Figures given relate only to those in training within the above travel to work areas.
2*Unemployed Young People at January 1984, in Newry and Arrnagh travel-to-work area: Age Number 16 105 17 283 18 521 19 603 20–24 2,171 Total 3,683 * Information is not available on a constituency basis. The travel-to-work areas, for which information is provided, cover most of the constituency of Newry and Armagh.