HC Deb 20 July 1981 vol 9 cc53-4W
Mr. Rooker

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons aged 20 years and under in the Birmingham travel-to-work area have never had a job; and how this figure compares with the figure for April 1979.

Mr. Peter Morrison

At June 1981 the number of registered unemployed young people aged 18 years and under in the Birmingham travel-to-work area who had not entered employment since completing full-time education was 4,930. The corresponding figure at April 1979 was 733. Information for the precise age range requested is not available. The figures for June 1981 include Easter and some Summer school-leavers. The April 1979 count was made before the end of the Easter term.