§ Mr. Urwinasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many applications have been received for payment of the special employment premium from each region; how many have been rejected; and what amounts have been paid.
§ Mr. BoothI have assumed that the Question refers to the Temporary Employment Subsidy Scheme (TES) and the Recruitment Subsidy for School Leavers (RSSL). The following is the information:
people; and how many are awaiting their first job.
§ Mr. John FraserThe monthly count provides statistics of the total number of unemployed people aged under 20 and unemployed school-leavers aged 511W under 18. Following is the information available:
UNEMPLOYED ON 9TH OCTOBER 1975 Unemployed aged under 20 Unemployed aged under 20 as a percentage of all unemployed Unemployed school-leavers aged under 18 Males Females Males Females Males Females South-East … 25,655 16,998 12.6 31.3 6,618 5,085 East Anglia … 2,511 1,879 11.5 30.5 602 556 South-West … 8,164 6,258 12.2 32.6 2,415 1,970 West Midlands … 13,237 11,110 14.3 37.4 4,374 4,687 East Midlands … 6,284 4,912 12.8 33.6 1,717 1,551 Yorkshire and Humberside … 11,306 8,904 14.8 43.0 3,328 3,303 North-West … 19,735 14,288 14.4 39.4 6,229 5,147 North … 10,210 8,950 14.9 43.2 3,663 3,400 Wales … 8,135 6,059 14.9 38.1 2,801 2,392 Scotland … 12,450 9,185 13.2 29.2 3,265 2,189