§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report the number of (a) boys and (b) girls under 21 years of age entering the textile industry in each year since 1966 for each of the following minimum list headings, 412, 413, 423, 414, showing the figures for the North-West and Yorkshire and Humberside, separately.
§ Mr. John FraserI regret that the precise information is not available, but the following statistics show the number of young people under age 18 whose first employment following completion of full-time education was in those industries in each of the years 1966 to 1974, the latest date for which statistics are available. Because the statistics relate to first 633W employment only they do not measure the total intake of young people since
NORTH-WEST 412 413 423 414 Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls 1966 … 469 601 374 497 192 267 65 132 1967 … 334 393 213 317 183 185 71 117 1968 … 523 412 355 377 215 254 71 149 1969 … 551 368 327 470 189 175 70 133 1970 … 548 337 344 295 137 148 68 89 1971 … 334 234 308 266 134 133 35 113 1972 … 339 224 249 216 117 247 37 89 1973* … 154 68 119 66 86 58 17 22 1974 … 539 304 522 325 162 191 46 50
YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE 412 413 423 414 Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls 1966 … 46 102 17 17 64 140 796 1,320 1967 … 31 89 11 19 57 102 708 1,109 1968 … 34 64 17 30 87 79 904 1,019 1969 … 53 33 11 20 76 111 1,031 1,042 1970 … 49 55 14 18 76 117 739 817 1971 … 27 47 18 14 66 114 645 731 1972 … 25 35 65 10 90 139 737 746 1973* … 11 6 4 8 30 20 265 165 1974 … 53 52 20 7 57 83 687 662 * The figures for this year are distorted by the raising of the school leaving age.