Mr. Jim Callaghanasked the Secretary of State for Employment, at the latest convenient date, what were, in respect of girls in the 16 to 19 years age group (a) the total number who were unemployed, (b) the number within that total who had been unemployed for longer than six months, (c) the number within that total who had been unemployed for longer than 12 months, (d) the number within that total who had been unemployed for longer than 24 months and (e) the number of registered disabled people in each of those groups.
§ Mr. AlisonAt 15 April 1982 the total number of females aged 19 years and under registered as unemployed in Great Britain was 204,344. The numbers who at that date had been on the register for the lengths of time specified are given in he following table. Corresponding information showing the numbers of registered adisabled included in the figures is given for 8 October 1981, the latest date for which the statistics of unemployed disabled people are available.
Duration in weeks April 1982 Number October 1981 Number of which registered disabled Over 26 and up to 52 weeks 54,106 38,503 160 Over 52 and up to 104 weeks 23,568 21,602 150 Over 104 weeks 3,073 1,929 36