§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many school leavers there were in (a) 1980 and (b) 1981 in the West Midlands, broken down according to local education authorities, who still have yet to receive an offer on the youth opportunities programme for the latest available date in accordance with the 1980 school leaver undertaking.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 6 July 1981]: On 10 April 1980 there were 83 1979 school leavers who had yet to receive an offer of a place on the youth opportunities programme in the Midlands region. It is not possible to provide an analysis of this figure for the West Midlands or for local education authorities in the West Midlands.
On 9 April 1981 there were 1,472 1980 school leavers in the West Midlands who had yet to receive an offer of a place on the youth opportunities programme.
Information is not available regarding the number of 1979 school leavers still to receive an offer of a place. Currently there are 625 1980 school leavers awaiting an offer in the West Midlands. The following table gives a breakdown by local education authority of the 1980 school leavers yet to receive an offer at 9 April 1981 and those who currently remain.
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Authority 1980 School Leavers left at 9 April 1981 1980 School Leavers still to receive an offer Birmingham 778 315 Hereford and Worcester 158 100 Solihull 36 24 Wolverhampton 76 15 Dudley 27 5 Sandwell 191 121 Staffordshire 113 15 Shropshire 20 16 Walsall 42 3 Warwickshire 30 11 Coventry 1 Nil