§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people aged 17 years and under were employed on the young workers' scheme in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area and Scotland, respectively, for each quarter of 1983; and what proportion they formed of the total number of young people.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkInformation is not available in the form requested. Between the start of the scheme in January 1982 and end of December 1983, 2,508 applications were approved in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area. The number of applications approved in Scotland by quarter in 1983 is as follows:
Number January — March 2,899 April — June 2,795 July — September 3,185 October — December 2,790 The number of young people in 1981 who were aged 16 and over but under 18 in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area was 18,508, and in Scotland was 181,757.