§ Mr. John D. Grantasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest figures relating to the London Borough of Islington's registered unemployed, for school leavers still without jobs, and the number of unfilled vacancies available to school leavers; and what is the estimated number of school leavers 164W requiring employment after the end of the present school term.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithIn the area which includes Islington there were no school leavers still registered as unemployed in June, 1971, when there were 691 unfilled vacancies for young people. It is estimated that 2,900 young people will be leaving school at the end of the summer term, but it is not yet possible to say how many jobs will then be available for them.
§ Mr. John D. Grantasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest figure for the number of persons under the age of 21 years registered as unemployed in the London Borough of Islington; and what was the figure in June, 1970.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithInformation for this precise age group is not available, but a detailed age analysis of the registered wholly unemployed made in January and July distinguishes those under 20 years of age. Following is the available information:
Numbers of persons under 20 years of age registered as wholly unemployed in the area covered by the Holloway and Kings Cross Employment Exchanges January, 1971 … … … 237 July, 1970 … … … 229 January, 1970 … … … 220
§ Mr. John D. Grantasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest figure for the number of persons registered as unemployed in the London Borough of Islington; and what was the figure in June, 1970.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe numbers of people registered as unemployed in the area covered by the Holloway and Kings Cross Employment Exchanges at June, 1971, and June, 1970, were 2,835 and 2,828, respectively. The figure for June, 1971, is provisional.