HC Deb 23 November 1978 vol 958 c711W
36. Mr. Edwin Wainwright

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what effect he estimates that provision of financial support to encourage children to stay on at school after the age of 16 years would have on the economy and unemployment.

Mr. Joel Barnett

One would expect the effects of giving more support to be to reduce unemployment to some extent and, later on, to improve the quality of manpower available to the economy.