§ Mr. Eyreasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of school leavers unemployed at the latest possible day in July 1976 for the following regions: West Midlands, East Midlands, Yorkshire and Humberside, the 776W North-West, the North, the South-East, East Anglia, the South-West, and Wales and Scotland.
§ Mr. GoldingThe information is as follows:
Unemployed school leavers on 8th July 1976 (Provisional Figures) Region Under 18 years of age Age 18 and over Total West Midlands 24,564 4,215 28,779 East Midlands 11.789 1,920 13,709 Yorks and Humber 21,425 2,605 24,030 North-West 32,499 3,584 36,083 North 21,557 1,433 22,990 South-East 37,682 5,445 43,127 East Anglia 3,902 511 4,413 South-West 12,260 1,672 13,932 Wales 11,577 1,532 13,109 Scotland 22,700 1,463 24,163