§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many school leavers were unemployed in the county of Derbyshire in May 1981, and to the nearest available date in 1982.
§ Mr. AlisonThe numbers of unemployed school leavers under 18 years of age in Derbyshire at May 1981 and May 1982 were 1,223 and 2,025 resepectively.
§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many unemployed (a) adults and (b) school leavers are available for each job vacancy (i) nationally and (ii) in the county of Derbyshire.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following table gives unemployment and vacancy figures for the United Kingdom and the county of Derbyshire. As the age analysis of the unemployed, distinguishing those aged 18 and over, is compiled only quarterly, information is given, where available, for both April and June. The figures exclude young people aged under 18 who are not school leavers.
The numbers of unemployed school leavers in June include summer leavers not present in the April figures. The vacancy figures relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and careers offices; vacancies notified to employment offices are estimated to be about one-third of all vacancies in the country as a whole. Because of this, and of possible duplication between the figures for employment offices and careers offices, it is not possible to provide reliable unemployment/vacancy ratios.
The number of vacancies unfilled at a particular date takes no account of the flow of vacancies being notified, filled or withdrawn which would reflect activity more closely. For example, during the twelve month period to March 1982, 1,410,466 people were placed in jobs by employment offices and 128,359 by careers offices in the United Kingdom. It is estimated that the public employment service accounts for about one in four of all placings.
Numbers 1978 319 1979 367 1980 355 1981 674 1982 965