§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people between the ages of 16 and 19 years have been unemployed for more than one year; and how this compares with the figures for 1978, 1979 and 1980.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following table gives for Great Britain the number of young people under 20 years of age who had been unemployed for more than 52 weeks at January each year from 1978.
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January each year 1978 19,720 1979 17,761 1980 14,058 1981 22,993 1982 67,965 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. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of the total number of unemployed people is under the age of 25 years.
§ Mr. AlisonAt 14 January, the latest date for which an analysis by age is available, 37.4 per cent. of those registered as unemployed in Great Britain were under 25 years of age.