§ Mr. Arthur Davidsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give a yearly breakdown, since 1979, of how many young people have been registered with the youth opportunities programme scheme in (a) Accrington, (b) North-East Lancashire and 149W (c) on a national basis; how many of these completing their first scheme have (i) found employment, (ii) returned to education or joined another youth opportunities programme scheme and, (iii) were registered as unemployed during this period.
Youth Opportunities Programme Entrants 1 April 1979 to 31 March 1980 Youth Opportunities Programme Entrants 1 April 1980 to 31 March 1981 Youth Opportunities Programme Entrants 1 April 1981 to 31 March 1982 Hyndborn Local Authority District (Including Accrington) 60 320 960 Manpower Services Commission's Preston Area Office District (Which includes the whole of Lancashire County) 5,100 11,100 19,990 Great Britain 216,400 360,000 553,000 The following gives an indication of the further information requested, in part two of the question, on a national basis; sample survey figures for Accrington and
Youth Opportunities Programme Work Experience Follow-Up Surveys (Percentage of entrants) Entrants in:— Activity immediately on leaving Employed Another Scheme Full time education Registered unemployed 1. September to October 1978 68 7 — 22 2. January 1979 55 7 2 31 3. March to April 1979 54 7 1 33 4. June to July 1979 51 9 1 35 5. September to October 1979 56 6 3 30 6. January 1980 37 12 2 46 7. March 1980 36 11 2 47 8. April to June 1980 30 10 2 53 9. July to September 1980 47 10 2 37