§ Mr. Harold Walkerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the average annual cost to the State of each young person below 18 years of age who is unemployed.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithI regret that this information is not available. It is esti-36W mated that unemployment benefit and supplementary allowances amounting to £4,600,000 were paid to young people under 18 years of age who registered as unemployed during the course of 1971.