§ 60. Mr. Willeyasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the current level of unemployment in Sunderland for those aged (a) 18 years and under and (b) 21 years and under for (i) boys and (ii) girls; and what percentage of each of these groups has never had a job.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonAt 15 January, the latest date for which an age analysis is available, there were 951 males and 857 females aged 18 years and under registered as unemployed in the Sunderland employment office area. Of these, 60.4 per cent. of males and 52.7 per cent. of females had not entered employment since completing full-time education. Similar information for those aged 19 to 21 is not available. The right hon. Member will know that last November my right hon. Friend announced a major expansion of the youth opportunities programme for unemployed young people and the new community enterprise programme for the unemployed aged 18 and over.