§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people under the age of 19 years there are in the city of Stoke-on-Trent who have never had a job; if he will provide separate figures for each careers office and jobcentre at the latest date for which figures are available: and if he will provide comparable figures for the same date in 1979.
§ Mr. Jim Lester[pursuant to his reply, 31 July 1980, c. 719]: The following table gives the numbers of registered unemployed young people aged 18 years and under who, at 12 July 1979 and 10 July 1980, had not been in employment since completing full-time education:
CAREERS OFFICES July 1979 July 1980* Burslem 518 792 Hanley 507 767 Longton 330 630
EMPLOYMENT OFFICES July 1979 July 1980* Burslem 14 15 Hanley 154 244 Longton 109 66 Stoke 38 79 Notes: 1. The July 1980 figures are not strictly comparable with those for July 1979 because of the introduction in September 1979 of fortnightly attendance and payment of benefit. Estimates by age or for local areas are not available but for the country as a whole the monthly figures for all unemployed are about 20,000 or 1½ per cent. higher than under weekly attendance. 2. The Government and the Manpower Services people who have been unemployed for 12 months or more will be offered places on the youth opportunities programme by the end of March 1981. * Provisional.
§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young persons aged 18 years and under there are in the city of Birmingham who have never had a job; if he will provide separate figures for each careers office and jobcentre at the latest date for which figures are availble; and if he will provide comparable figures for 1979.
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§ Mr. Jim Lester[pursuant to his reply, 31 July 1980, c. 719]: The following table gives the numbers of registered unemployed young people aged 18 years and under who, at 12 July 1979 and 10 July 1980, had not been in employment since completing ful-time education:
CAREERS OFFICES July 1979 July 1980* Aston 501 766 Birmingham 982 890 Hall Green 545 799 Handsworth 607 701 Harborne 449 533 Perry Bar 828 1,031 Selly Oak 770 843 Stechford 651 843 Sutton Coldfield 456 587 Yardley 512 757
EMPLOYMENT OFFICE July 1979 July 1980* Aston 35 58 Birmingham 42 27 Erdington 21 21 Handsworth 36 89 Northfield 29 51 Selly Oak 41 29 Small Heath 38 18 Sparkhill 36 70 Sutton Coldfield 41 92 Washwood Heath 52 66 * Provisional. Notes:
1. The July 1980 figures are not strictly comparable with those for July 1979 because of the introduction in September 1979 of fortnightly attendance and payment of benefit. Estimates by age or for local areas are not available but for the country as a whole the monthly figures for all unemployed are about 20,000 or 1½ per cent. higher than under weekly attendance.
2. The Government and the Manpower Services Commissio have undertaken that all 1980 school leavers win remain unemployed and all young people who have been unemployed for 12 months or more will be offered places on the youth opportunities programme by the and of March 1981.