§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Employment what additional action he proposes to take to increase employment prospects for school leavers in Willesden in view of the increase of unemployed school leavers from 155 in 1979 to 337 in 1980.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe Government's economic policies are designed to bring down inflation and create an economic climate in which investment and growth will stimulate an expansion of employment for young people and other workers. In the meantime my right hon. Friend announced on 21 November a major expansion of the youth opportunities programme for the young unemployed, to 440,000 places in 1981–82, an increase of 180,000 or about 70 per cent. over 1980–81. School-leavers in Willesden as elsewhere will benefit from this expansion.