HC Deb 30 July 1980 vol 989 c761W
Mr. Gordon Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many young people under the age of 21 years in Scotland have been registered unemployed for more than 26 weeks.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

Information is not available in the precise form requested. On 10 April—the latest date for which information on age and duration of unemployment is available—9,602 people under the age of 20 years in Scotland had been registered as unemployed for more than 26 weeks.