§ Mr. Winnickasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many 1982 school leavers in (a) the West Midlands and (b) the Walsall travel-to-work area are known to have found permanent employment; and what percentage have found jobs out of the total number of school leavers in 1982.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe information is not available.
§ Mr. Winnickasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many school leavers in 1982 in (a) the West Midlands and (b) the Walsall-travel-to-work area have now been apprenticed with firms for a period to last three years and more; what percentage of the total number of school leavers in 1982 this represents; and if he will give the same information for 1979.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe latest available information on school leavers entering apprenticeships in the West Midlands was given by my right hon. Friend in his reply to the hon. Member on 13 November 1981. [Vol. 12, c.203.] My Department does not have such information for individual travel-to-work areas.