HC Deb 20 February 1973 vol 851 cc49-50W
Mr. James Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the numbers of school leavers who were granted apprenticeships in Scotland in each of the following years: 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973 to the latest available date.

Mr. Chichester-Clark

The number of young people under 18 years of age who entered apprenticeships as their first permanent employment following cessation of full-time education in Scotland was as follows:

1969 … … 14,734
1970 … … 14,279
1971 … … 14,018
1971 … … 14,830
1973 (January only) … … 507*
* Provisional.

Mr. James Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people under the age of 18 years entered their first employment in 1972.

Mr. Dudley Smith

487,084 young people entered their first permanent employment in 1972.