§ Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many young people who left school in June 1982 in Northern Ireland (a) have found employment, (b) are still out of work and (c) are employed in Government sponsored youth training programmes.
§ Mr. Adam ButlerThe information is not available in the form requested. However, there were 2,543 young people aged 17 or under who became unemployed between April and December 1982 and were still unemployed at 14 April 1983.
On 25 March 1983 there were 7,564 young people aged 16 and 17 in full-time training under the youth training programme. Some of these may have left school before June 1982.