HC Deb 21 January 1985 vol 71 cc286-9W
Mr. Sheerman

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will publish for each Manpower Services Commission area office in the south western region, and for (a) 16-year-olds, (b) 17-year-olds, and (c) 18-year-olds, the latest careers service estimates of the number and proportion expected to leave school and further education college, and the number and proportion expected to find work outside the youth training scheme by 31 December;

(2) if he will publish for each Manpower Services Commission area office in the south eastern region, and for (a) 16-year-olds, (b) 17-year-olds, and (c) 18-year-olds, the latest careers service estimates of the number and proportion expected to leave school and further education colleges, and the number and proportion expected to find work outside the youth training scheme by 31 December;

(3) if he will publish for each Manpower Services Commission area office in the north western region, and for (a) 16-year-olds, (b) 17-year-olds, and (c) 18-year-olds, the latest careers service estimates of the number and proportion expected to leave school and further education college, and the number and proportion expected to find work outside the youth training scheme by 31 December;

(4) if he will publish for each Manpower Services Commission area office in the midlands region, and for (a)16-year-olds, (b) 17-year-olds, and (c) 18-year-olds, the latest careers service estimates of the number and proportion expected to leave school and further education college, and the number and proportion expected to find work outside the youth training scheme by 31 December;

Forecast of destination of 1984–85 school leavers* by December 1985
16 year olds 17 year olds 18 year olds
Leaving school† and entering labour market Employed outside YTS Leaving school† and entering labour market Employed outside YTS Leaving school† and entering labour market Employed outside YTS
(000s) Per cent. (000s) Per cent. (000s) Per cent. (000s) Per cent. (000s) Per cent. (000s) Per cent.
Newcastle 6.9 64 1.5 14 0.7 23 0.3 8 0.3 16 0.2 8
Middlesbrough 6.0 63 1.0 10 0.5 18 0.2 6 0.6 28 0.4 17
Washington 7.2 69 1.0 10 0.7 32 0.2 10 0.5 33 0.1 10
Darlington 6.1 66 1.0 11 0.4 22 0.1 3 0.2 13 ‡ 2
Northern region 26.1 66 4.5 11 2.4 23 0.7 7 1.6 22 0.7 1
Greater Manchester (E) 6.8 59 2.1 18 0.9 31 0.4 14 0.3 18 0.2 13
Merseyside inner 7.7 62 1.2 10 0.8 23 0.2 6 0.9 35 0.5 18
Lancashire 12.2 59 5.1 25 0.6 16 0.3 9 0.9 34 0.6 21
Greater Manchester (N) 9.4 60 2.0 13 0.9 25 0.4 11 0.6 23 0.3 12
Cheshire 8.2 58 2.0 14 0.8 20 0.3 8 0.4 15 0.2 8
Greater Manchester (C) 7.9 59 1.7 12 0.9 25 0.4 11 0.7 26 0.6 20
Cumbria 4.9 66 2.0 28 0.5 25 0.3 14 0.3 21 0.2 13
Merseyside outer 6.6 59 1.0 9 0.8 29 0.3 12 0.3 18 0.2 10
North west region 63.6 60 17.1 16 6.1 24 2.6 10 4.5 24 2.8 15
Sheffield 8.4 66 1.3 11 1.0 30 0.2 7 0.7 33 0.2 10
Wakefield 8.7 65 1.6 12 1.0 37 0.4 15 0.5 31 0.3 17
Hull 9.2 64 2.6 18 1.1 30 0.5 15 0.6 25 0.4 15
Leeds/N Yorks 11.7 57 5.4 26 1.6 26 1.1 18 0.8 19 0.7 18
Bradford 9.9 62 3.1 20 1.6 35 0.7 15 1.4 42 0.6 18
Yorks and Humberside 47.8 62 14.0 18 6.3 31 3.0 15 3.9 29 2.1 16
Derby 8.8 63 2.0 14 0.4 14 0.2 6 0.6 28 0.4 18
Wolverhampton 5.3 60 1.4 16 0.6 26 0.3 12 0.4 28 0.2 14
Coventry 6.5 52 1.3 11 0.6 26 0.2 8 0.7 30 0.3 15
Birmingham 11.5 60 2.9 15 1.7 33 1.0 20 0.8 23 0.3 9
Leicester 12.2 56 6.0 28 2.4 35 1.8 26 0.8 20 0.7 17
Nottingham 10.2 64 2.0 13 0.6 18 0.2 6 0.6 21 0.4 15
Staffordshire 10.5 64 1.5 9 0.8 23 0.3 8 0.7 27 0.5 18
Dudley/Sandwell 6.8 69 1.3 13 0.3 18 0.1 5 0.5 31 0.1 9
Telford 8.6 55 2.3 15 1.0 27 0.4 10 0.5 19 0.2 9

(5) if he will publish for each Manpower Services Commission area office in the Yorkshire and Humberside region, and for (a) 16-year-olds, (b) 17-year-olds and (c)18-year-olds, the latest careers service estimates of the number and proportion expected to leave school and further education college, and the number and proportion expected to find work outside the youth training scheme by 31 December;

(6) if he will publish for each Manpower Services Commission area office in the northern region, and for (a)16-year-olds, (b) 17-year-olds and (c) 18-year-olds, the latest careers service estimates of the number and proportion expected to leave school and further education college, and the number and proportion expected to find work outside the youth training scheme by 31 December.

Mr. Peter Morrison

The information requested is as follows. It is derived from provisional forecasts of the position in December 1985 made by principal careers officers in the autumn of 1984 and must therefore be regarded as tentative. Principal careers officers have been asked to provide revised forecasts later this month in the light of the better information which is now available to them. There is insufficient information on which to base estimates of leavers from colleges of further education in each area.

16 year olds 17 year olds 18 year olds
Leaving school† and entering labour market Employed outside YTS Leaving school† and entering labour market Employed outside YTS Leaving school † and entering labour market Employed outside YTS
(000s) Per cent. (000s) Per cent. (000s) Per cent. (000s) Per cent. (000s) Per cent. (000s) Per cent.
Lincoln 4.5 55 1.4 17 0.3 14 0.1 1 0.3 24 0.2 19
Midlands region 84.9 60 22.1 16 8.8 26 4.5 13 5.8 24 3.4 14
Taunton 8.6 62 3.6 26 0.7 23 0.4 14 0.6 28 0.5 22
Gloucester 8.5 56 3.8 25 1.0 29 0.6 17 1.3 50 1.3 48
Plymouth 10.8 56 3.4 18 1.2 24 0.5 11 0.9 28 0.6 20
Bristol 7.3 59 2.5 20 1.1 28 0.6 17 0.7 29 0.6 24
South west region 35.2 58 13.4 22 3.9 26 2.2 15 3.5 34 3.0 28
Luton 8.3 53 2.6 17 1.8 37 0.9 18 1.0 30 0.6 20
Chatham 11.2 50 4.5 20 2.2 31 1.1 16 1.2 31 0.9 23
Horsham 12.2 43 6.8 24 2.9 24 1.9 16 1.8 25 1.4 20
Fareham 11.1 50 4.4 20 2.3 39 1.3 23 1.6 42 1.3 35
Reading 8.1 47 3.3 19 2.0 32 1.3 20 0.9 24 0.8 22
Chelmsford 12.1 56 5.1 24 2.2 34 1.5 23 1.3 31 1.2 27
Ipswich 10.9 59 3.9 21 1.5 32 0.7 15 0.8 30 0.6 21
High Wycombe 11.5 49 5.8 25 2.2 26 1.3 16 1.4 24 1.1 19
South east region 85.2 51 36.3 22 17.1 31 10.1 18 10.1 29 8.0 23
* The figures relate only to school leavers from maintained schools.
† Excludes those entering Further/Higher Education.
‡ Figure less than 50.

Notes:

Percentages are based on the totals eligible to leave school.

Due to independent rounding, the sum of the Area Offices may not always agree with the regional total.

Ages are as at 31 August 1985.