§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Employment, of those persons who have been unemployed since leaving 112W school, how many have been currently unemployed for, respectively, six months, one year, 18 months, two years and over two years; and what the figures are for Birmingham, Glasgow, Newcastle, Liverpool, Manchester, Aberdeen and Inverness.
§ Mr. GoldingThe following table gives the numbers of school leavers under 18 years of age registered as unemployed in the areas specified at 9th March. There is no separate analysis for school leavers giving the length of time on the register.
Travel-to-work-area Unemployed school leavers Birmingham 616 Glasgow 3,219 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1,217 Liverpool 3,956 Manchester 721 Aberdeen 91 Inverness 102 Great Britain 37,639