§ Mr. Leadbitterasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report the number of placings in employment of young people under the job creation scheme since it started, and the number of young people registered unemployed showing the figures for the United Kingdom, the Northern Region, Cleveland and Hartlepool, respectively.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the information requested is not available, but it is estimated that in Great Britain approximately 60,000 young people under age 18 have been placed in employment under the job creation programme.
The numbers of young people under age 18 registered as unemployed in January this year were 2,394 in Cleveland and 452 in Hartlepool. The corresponding figures for the United Kingdom and the Northern Region are not yet available.