§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many Hull school leavers in 1975 remain registered as unemployed; and what is his estimate of those leaving school in the summer of 1976 not going to further education who will be unable to find employment within three months of leaving school.
§ Mr. GoldingOf approximately 4,300 young people in the Hull travel-to-work area who left school to seek employment at the end of the 1975 summer term, 163 were still registered as unemployed on 13th May 1976.
It is expected that there will be about 4,800 summer leavers seeking employment this year, including 600 who left school at the end of May. It is too early to make reliable predictions about their prospects but I hope that a large proportion of them will have found jobs or training within a 3–4 months' period.