§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of unemployed young people aged 18 years and under who have never had a job at the latest available date at each careers office and employment office in the North-West.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe following table gives the numbers of registered unemployed young people aged 18 years and under who, at 11 September, the latest date for which information is readily available, had not been in employment since completing full-time education.
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 expanded this year in order to admit over a quarter of a million young people throughout the country by next March.
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Employment Offices/Jobcentres Accrington 13 Allerton 127 Altrincham 52 Ashton in Makerfield 14 Ashton-Under-Lyne 23 Atherton — Bacup 11 Bamber Bridge 10 Barnoldswick 1 Bebington 57 Belle Vale 87 Birkenhead 139
Blackburn 31 Blackpool Central 27 Blackpool South 73 Bolton 84 Bootle 96 Burnley 8 Bury 52 Chester 93 Chorley 35 Clitheroe 3 Colne 1 Congleton — Crewe 57 Crosby 40 Darwen 40 Denton 4 Didsbury 46 Eccles 19 Ellesmere Port 60 Failsworth 2 Farnworth 14 Fleetwood 2 Garston 170 Great Harwood 7 Haslingden 14 Heywood 11 Hindley — Horwich 1 Hoylake 27 Hyde 6 Irlam 3 Kirkby 125 Kirkham 7 Lancaster 93 Leigh — Longsight 160 Leyland 12 Liverpool (Leece St.) 113 Liverpool (Williamson Square) 6 Littleborough — Lytham 4 Macclesfield 66 Manchester 222 Marple 13 Middleton 14 Middlewich — Morecambe 15 Mossley 22 Moss Side 450 Nantwich 2 Nelson 12 Neston 48 Newton Heath 73 Newton-le-Willows 28 Northwich 3 Oldham 32 Old Swan 275 Openshaw 10 Ormskirk 17 Padiham 1 Prescot 203 Preston (Duchy House) 33 Preston (Crystal House) 26 619W
Employment Officers/Jobcentres Prestwich 1 Radcliffe 6 Rawtenstall 7 Rochdale 33 Royton 6
Runcorn 100 St. Annes 8 St Helens 12 Salford 38 Sandbach 1 Skelmersdale — Southport 2 Stalybridge 3 Stockport 19 Stretford 41 Swinton 35 Thornton Cleveleys 20 Wallasey 17 Walton 59 Walton Vale 14 Warrington 48 Westhoughton — Widnes 19 Wigan 9 Wilmslow 40 Winsford 5 Worsley 24 Wythenshawe 39
Careers Offices Altrincham 401 Ashton-under-Lyne 337 Bebington 548 Birkenhead 817 Blackburn 457 Blackpool 246 Bolton 1,229 Bootle 735 Burnley 334 Bury 659 Chester 507 Chorley 256 Colne 92 Congleton 217 Crewe 406 Crosby 751 Darwen 54 Ellesmere Port 595 Fylde 93 Halewood 198 Halton (Runcorn) 490 Halton (Widnes) 594 Heywood 89 Huyton 887 Hyde 362 Hyndburn 212 Kirkby 703
Aged 18 and under Aged 19 Aged 20–24 South East … … 69,034 20,555 81,287 East Anglia … … 7,904 2,402 8,351 South West … … 20,100 6,302 23,954 West Midlands … … 40,076 11,429 41,391 East Midlands … … 20,816 6,063 22,384 Yorkshire and Humberside … … 35,900 9,653 36,132 North West … … 50,570 16,978 61,297 North … … 27,411 8,426 31,332 Wales … … 21,649 6,368 24,583 Scotland … … 38,142 12,401 51,029 Northern Ireland … … 16,794 5,144 19,166 United Kingdom … … 348,396 105,721 400,906 Work experience and training opportunities will be available for some of these young people under the youth opportunities programme, which the Secretary of State announced on 14 Feb-
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Lancaster 205 Leigh 607 Leyland 157 Liverpool 4,303 Macclesfield 199 Macclesfield (Wilmslow) 118 Manchester 391 Middleton 184 Morcambe 100 Newton-le-Willows 183 North Manchester 257 Oldham 1.077 Openshaw 235 Pendle 112 Prescot 306 Preston 765 Ribble Valley 51 Rochdale 517 Rossendale 167 St Helens 1,035 Salford 564 Skelmersdale 301 Southport 392 South Ribble 173 Stockport 1,110 Stretford 632 Swinton 358 Vale Royal 589 Wallasey 709 Warrington 934 West Lanes 86 Wigan 1,416 Withington 374 Wyre 230 Wythenshawe 538
§ Mr. Thomas Coxasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many unemployed people in each region of the United Kingdom were in the age groups (a) 16 to 18 years and (b) 19 to 21 years on 21 October 1980.
§ Mr. Jim LesterInformation is not 198 available for the precise ages or date 490 specified. The following table gives the numbers of people registered as unemployed in each region at 9 October 1980 362 in the age ranges closest to those specified:
ruary would be expanded this year in order to admit over a quarter of a million young people throughout the country by next March.