§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people are currently involved in schemes under the special employment and training measures in England and Wales, in Yorkshire and Humberside and in the county of South Yorkshire.
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§ Mr. Jim Lester[pursuant to his reply, 15 May 1980, c. 668]: I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission (MSC) that at the end of April 1980, there were some 60,000 young people participating in the youth opportunities programme in England and Wales. About 8,000 young people were on the programme in the MSC region of Yorkshire and Humberside.
Figures for South Yorkshire are not available. However, the area does account for about a third of the entrants to the programme in the Yorkshire and Humberside region.