§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people were unemployed at the latest date for which figures are available; and how this compares with the position one year earlier.
§ Mr. Jim LesterAt 9 October 1980 there were 454,117 young people under 20 years of age registered as unemployed in the United Kingdom. The corresponding figure at 11 October 1979 was 266,879.
Work experience and training opportunities will be available for these young people under the youth opportunities programme, which the Secretary of State announced on 14 February would be
Employment office area 11 September 1980 13 September 1979 14 September 1978 Bury St. Edmunds … … 475 185 157 Chelmsford … … … 393 220 229 Daventry … … … 53 12 45 Gloucester … … … 621 403 405 Grantham … … … 195 122 130 Guildford … … … 156 51 108 Eastbourne … … … 111 28 63 Lincoln … … … 944 538 57 Oswestry … … … 134 107 11 Redhill (Reigate) … … … 155 91 96 Scunthorpe … … … 1,010 673 596 Stratford-upon-Avon … … … 255 154 63 Wallasey … … … 726 748 926 Worcester … … … 496 174 247 Yeovil … … … 344 139 159 Torbay* … … … 432 300 366 * The employment office areas of Ashburton, Bovey Tracey, Brixham, Newton Abbot, Paignton, Teignmouth, Torquay and Totnes.