§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many persons are presently engaged on Manpower Services Commission youth employment schemes in Bearsden; and what the figures were for 1979, 1980 and 1981;
(2) how many persons are presently engaged on Manpower Services Commission youth employment schemes in Cumbernauld new town; and what the figures were for 1979, 1980 and 1981;
(3) how many persons are presently engaged on Manpower Services Commission youth employment schemes in Kirkintilloch; and what the figures were for 1979, 1980 and 1981.
§ Mr. Alexander Fletcher[pursuant to his replies, 1.3 July 1982, c. 358 and 361]: Information on the numbers of young people participating in the youth opportunities programme is maintained on an education authority basis and figures for the areas requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost. However, the attached table gives estimates of the numbers of young people on the youth opportunities programme in the area covered by the Dumbarton district of Strathclyde region, of which Bearsden, Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch form part, in June of 1981 and 1982. Information for earlier periods is only available for the combined Dumbarton and Argyll Division.
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Estimated numbers of young people on the Youth Opportunities Programme in Strathclyde regional council Dumbarton and Argyll Division Dumbarton Division June 1979 1,070 — June 1980 1,180 — June 1981 — 1,880 June 1982 — 2,400