HC Deb 10 January 1995 vol 252 c43W
Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish tables showing for spring 1994 and for the latest date for which figures are available the total number of 16 and 17-year-olds in the United Kingdom 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. Oppenheim

[holding answer 16 December 1994]: My hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Employment has written to the hon. Member and placed a copy of his reply in the Library.

Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the opportunities available for young people aged 16 and 17 years who are classified as(a) ILO unemployed and (b) economically inactive.

Mr. Paice

[holding answer 16 December I994]: I have written to the hon. Member and placed a copy of my reply in the Library.