Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many applications for firearms certificates in Northern Ireland have been refused since 1st January 1975; how many have been granted; and what were the figures in 1974 and 1973 for the same period.
§ Mr. MoyleThe figures for the period 1st January to 30th June are as follows:
school leavers, sandwich course students, and redundant apprentices. My right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer has allocated £50 million to the commission for use over the next two years in developing employment and training programmes, including those designed to help young people.
§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many school leavers in Scotland, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow, in number and as a percentage of the insured work force, are as yet unplaced in their first jobs; and what effect the July leaving date is expected to have on the relevant figures.
§ Mr. John FraserThe following table shows the number of unemployed school leavers aged under 18. Corresponding rates of unemployment are not shown as 179W the numbers of unemployed school leavers for each area form only about a tenth of 1 per cent. of the estimated total number of employees, employed and unemployed. It is expected that just tinder 50,000 young people in Scotland will leave school for employment at the end of the summer term but it is not possible to assess what effect these will have on levels of unemployment since it is not known how many of them have already obtained offers of employment.
SCHOOL-LEAVERS, AGED UNDER 18 UNEMPLOYED ON 9TH JUNE 1975 Number of unemployed school-leavers aged under 18 Employment office or travel-to-work area Aberdeen* … … 4 Dundee … … 80 Edinburgh* … … 102 Glasgow* … … 625 Scotland … … 2,700 * Travel-to-work area.
§ Mr. Alexander Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people who left school at Christmas 1974 and Easter 1975 are still unemployed in the Hamilton and Lark-hall area.
§ Mr. John FraserThe precise information is not readily available as statistics
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NUMBER OF WORKING DAYS LOST IN SCOTLAND DUE TO INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES (000's) 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 Mining and quarrying 147 10 1,070 8 546 Metal manufacture 70 24 91 37 31 Engineering 317 317 768 287 614 Shipbuilding and marine engineering 152 238 388 37 23 Motor vehicles 120 21 299 114 204 Aerospace equipment 13 117 36 69 146 All other vehicles 1 —* 3 1 —* Metal goods not elsewhere specified 49 8 21 19 23 Textiles, clothing and footwear 57 14 156 11 23 All other manufacturing industries 236 43 164 68 210 Construction 50 33 963 29 67 Transport and communication 232 573 81 31 319 Local Government Service 12 1 5 15 20 All other non-manufacturing industries and services 79 3 35 72 197 Total including local government service 1,534 1,402 4,080 797 2,423 Total excluding local government service 1,522 1,401 4,075 782 2,403 Number of working days lost per 1,000 employees in employment (including local government service) 750 700 2,050 400 1,150 * Less than 50 workers or 500 working days. of unemployed school leavers do not define the date of leaving school. Local sources estimate the number as being between 40 and 50.