§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish tables showing for spring 1994 and for the latest date which figures are available the total number of 16 and 17-year-olds in Wales together with the number and percentage who are(a) employed, (b) self-employed, (c) full-time students, (d) undertaking Government employment and training programmes, (e) classified as International Labour Organisation unemployed and (f) economically inactive.
§ Mr. RedwoodThe available information is given in the table. All those included in the ILO unemployed category are eligible to take up a training place if they wish to do so. The summer figure represents a peak with school leavers appearing.
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Economic activity of 16 and 17-year-olds in Wales Spring 1994 Summer 1994 Total 63,000 (100%) 68,000 (100%) Employed234 22,000 (35%) 28,000 (42%) Full-time student 48,000 (76%) 47,000 (70%) ILO unemployed 1— 11,000 (17%) Economically inactive 37,000 (59%) 28,000 (42%) Source: The labour force survey. Notes: 1 Indicates less than 10,000 in a cell. Estimates of less than 10.000 are subject to unacceptably high sampling error and are not published. 2 The number of 16 and 17-year-olds in employment is based on the internationally recognised measure of employment and therefore includes self-employed and those on government employment or training programmes. Separate estimates of these are not given since the estimates are less than 10,000. 3The 1991 census of population recorded only 242 16 and 17-year-olds as self-employed.
4TEC management information for September 1994 recorded approximately 5,500 16 and 17-year-olds as being on youth training or youth credits.