HC Deb 27 July 1981 vol 9 cc306-7W
Mr. Les Huckfield

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will publish the latest statistics on the total numbers of youths, aged 16 to 18 years (a) registered as unemployed and (b) enrolled in youth opportunities programme schemes, in each of the travel-to-work areas in Great Britain.

Mr. Peter Morrison

The statistics on the youth opportunities programme schemes are not available in the form requested. The unemployment figures of youth aged 16 to 18 in each travel-to-work area in Great Britain could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Canavan

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of registered unemployed in the United Kingdom; and what is his latest estimate of the number of non-registered unemployed.

Mr. Peter Morrison

[pursuant to his reply, 21 July 1981, c. 75]: At 9 July the provisional number of people registered as unemployed in the United Kingdom was 2,851,623.

I have nothing to add to the answer about estimates of the non-registered unemployed which I gave to the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, North-East (Mrs. Short) today.