§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people aged 20 years and under in (a) the Edinburgh travel-to-work area, (b) Lothian region and (c) Scotland have not entered employment since completing full-time education at the latest available date; and how this compares to the past two years.
§ Mr. Alexander Fletcher[pursuant to his reply, 27 July 1981]: Information is not available in the precise form requested; and the figures in the following table relate to people aged 18 and under registered as unemployed who have not entered employment since completing full-time education.
Unemployed School Leavers, under 17 and aged 18 Edinburgh TTWA Lothian region Scotland July 1981 2,481 3,998 32,116 July 1980 2,493 3,844 34,332 July 1979 1,903 2,970 25,888