§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many young people in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area and Scotland, respectively, entered full-time further education after leaving school in each quarter of 1983; and what proportion they formed of the total number of young people. 582W unemployed in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area and Scotland, respectively, for each of the four quarters of 1983.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information is set out in the table below:
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe following table shows the cumulative total of entrants to the youth training scheme (which includes also a small proportion of 18 to 21-year-old disabled people) for each month since June 1983. The figures relate to the combined districts of Edinburgh, East Lothian and Midlothian (the area which, using the available statistics, most closely approximates to the Edinburgh travel-to-work area) and to Scotland.
§ Mr. Allan StewartInformation is not available in the form requested. Scottish Education Department statistical bulletin No. 10/E1/83 — "Changes in the Pattern of School leaving and Post-school Activity: Early Analysis from the 1983 National School-Leavers Survey (Scotland)"—showed that in Lothian region 31 per cent, of school leavers from session 1981–82 had entered full-time further education by April 1983 compared with 28 per 583W cent. for Scotland as a whole. A copy of the bulletin was sent to the hon. Member on publication and copies were also placed in the Library.