HC Deb 30 June 1975 vol 894 cc299-300W
Mr. John Evans

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many school leavers in Golborne, Manchester, are as yet unemployed in their first jobs.

Mr. John Fraser

13, including 12 who left school at Easter.

Mr. John Evans

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many school leavers in Haydock, Merseyside, are as yet unplaced in their first jobs;

(2) how many school leavers in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, are as yet unplaced in their fist jobs;

(3) how many school leavers, in the former Warrington rural district areas, now incorporated into Warrington Borough Council, are as yet unplaced in their first job;

(4) how many school leavers in Irlam, Manchester, are as yet unplaced in their first job; and how this compares with the national average and the average for the North-West.

Mr. John Fraser

The following table shows the total number of unemployed school leavers, aged under 18, recorded at the careers offices which cover each area together with the numbers in Great Britain and the North-West Region.

Number of school-leavers aged under 18, unemployed at June 1975
Ashton-in-Makerfield (which covers Haydock) 30
Newton-le-Willows 58
Warrington 137
Irlam 5
Great Britain 18,367
North West Region 4,110