§ Sir John Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what new training facilities he intends to provide for young people in the area covered by the constituency of Epping Forest.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonPlans for 1982–83 are not yet available in the detail sought by my hon. Friend. En the county of Essex as a whole provisional plans suggest that places will be available for about 1,600 young people to start training courses under the youth opportunities programme. Nearly 700 of these will be one year courses of the type envisaged in the White Paper "A New Training Inititiative: a Programme for Action", Cmnd. 8455. This compares with 1,100 young people expected to enter training courses under the youth opportunities programme in Essex during 1981–82.
Unemployed aged under 20 years April 1979 January 1982 of whom, those Per cent. of total unemployed for unemployed (All over 26 weeks ages) Number Hull travel-to-work area 2,491 5,260 2,197 7.9 Yorkshire and Humberside region 17,453 52,683 19,391 6.9 United Kingdom 200,208 548,278 193,176 6.3 Young people who are unemployed can benefit from taking part in the youth opportunities programme, which provides courses of work experience and training appropriate to their needs.
§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the percentage increases in total unemployment in the United Kingdom for (a) July 1980 to July 1981 and (b) January 1981 to January 1982.
§ Mr. AlisonBetween July 1980 and July 1981 the increase was 50.4 per cent. The increase between January 1981 and January 1982 was 26.9 per cent.