§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people by age and sex in the Burnley travel-to-work area have left a youth training scheme; and how many of them have not been able to obtain permanent employment.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThis information is not available.
§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people in the Burnley travel-to-work area have never had a job, by age group and sex.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe following table gives the available information for unemployed claimants on 10 May in the Burnley travel-to-work area. The figures relate to the number of unemployed school leavers i.e. young people who had not entered employment since terminating full-time education.
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Age Male Female Under 18 years 110 76 18 years 59 45 19 years and over 103 57
§ Mr. Altonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many new jobs have become available in Liverpool since May 1979; and how many jobs have been lost.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave him on 2 March 1984 at column389–90. Information on numbers of jobs created and jobs lost is not collected. The latest available information is that given in my earlier reply which showed that between June 1978 and September 1981 there was a net change of minus 55.1 thousand employees in the Liverpool travel-to-work area.
§ Mr. Fatchettasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many of those under the age of 18 years currently registered as unemployed in the Leeds travel-to-work area have never been employed.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe available information relates to unemployed school leavers claiming benefit, that is, young people who had not entered employment since terminating full-time education. On 10 May, the number of unemployed claimant school leavers under 18 years of age in the Leeds travel-to-work area was 1,356.