§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of the number of (a) new apprenticeships or learnerships and (b) new employment opportunities offering planned training 294W required in Wales to equalise the percentage of young persons, both male and female, in Wales entering employment with training with the percentage in the South-East of England, as revealed in the reply to the hon. Member on Tuesday 15th July.
§ Mr. John FraserComparisons between the numbers of entrants to the various categories of employment in Wales and South-Eastern England from 1970 to 1974 were set out in my reply to the hon. Member on 15th July—[Vol. 895, c.412–422.]—The position varies from year to year and area to area and I regret that it is not possible to supply meaningful estimates of the type requested.