§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of school leavers currently unemployed in (a) the North-West, (b) Merseyside, (c) Kirkby and (d) Ormskirk.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe following gives, for 9 April, the provisional figures of school leavers under 18 years of age registered as unemployed in the areas specified.
North-West 10,195 Merseyside Special Development 4,526 Kirkby Employment Office Area 292 Ormskirk Employment Office Area 18 The youth opportunities programme, which is aimed particularly at helping unemployed school leavers, will provide up to 82,000 places for young unemployed people in the North-West region in 1981–82.