§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish for each Manpower Services Commission area office in the Welsh region, and for (a) 16-year-olds, (b)17-year-olds and (c) 18-year-olds, the latest careers service estimates of the number and 295W proportion expected to leave school and further education college, and the number and proportion expected to find work outside the youth training scheme by 31 December.
§ Mr. John Stradling ThomasThe information requested on school leavers is as follows. It is derived from provisional forecasts made by principal careers officers in
Forecast of Destination of 1984–85 School Leavers by December 1985 16 Year Olds 17 Year Olds 18 Year Olds Leaving School and Entering Labour Market* Employed Outside YTS Leaving School and Entering Labour Market* Employed Outside YTS Leaving School and Entering Labour Market* Employed Outside YTS (000s) percent (000s) per cent (000s) per cent (000s) per cent (000s) per cent (000s) per cent Newport 3.8 54 0.8 12 0.7 57 0.4 20 0.2 20 0.2 16 Swansea 5.2 50 0.6 6 0.7 19 0.2 6 0.4 16 0.3 11 Cardiff 7.7 54 1.4 10 1.3 26 0.6 13 0.7 22 0.5 15 Wrexham 6.1 53 1.4 12 0.9 26 0.4 10 0.4 18 0.2 11 Wales Region 22.8 53 4.2 10 3.6 26 1.6 11 1.7 19 1.2 13 * Excludes those entering further higher education. Percentages are based on the totals eligible to leave school.
All figures exclude further education college leavers and leavers from independent schools.
Age are as at 31 August 1985.