§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Employment what information he has about the extent to which temporary summer employment was (a) available and (b) taken up in 1984.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe information is not available.
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people completing youth training schemes in the London borough of Newham (a) have found employment within the field they were trained; (b) have found employment outside the field they were trained and (c) have not been employed since leaving the scheme.
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§ Mr. Peter MorrisonInformation is not available in the precise form requested. However, information based on a 15 per cent. sample of young people in the Manpower Services Commission's London north-east area who left the youth training scheme between July and September 1984 shows that, at the time of the survey, 38 per cent. of those who responded were in employment related to the training undertaken on the scheme, 30 per cent. were in jobs not directly related to that training and 20 per cent. were unemployed. The remainder were on a full-time course at a college or training centre (4 per cent.), on another youth training scheme (3 per cent.), back at school (1 per cent.) or doing something else (4 per cent.)
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many pople have been unemployed for (a) between six months and one year, (b) between one year and two years and (c) over two years in the London borough of Newham.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe following information is in the library. On 11 April 1985, the latest date for which an analysis of unemployment by duration is available, in the East Ham, Plaistow and Stratford jobcentre areas, which correspond closely to the London borough of Newham, 4,005 claimants had been unemployed for between six months and one year, 3,448 for between one year and two years and 4,868 for over two years.
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of people aged 18 years or under 18 years who have never had a job since leaving school; and what percentage of young people aged 18 years or under this represents.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkOn 9 May 1985 there were 163,787 unemployed claimants aged 18 or under in Great Britain who had never had a job since leaving school, which represents about 6 per cent. of the estimated population in this age group.
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of school leavers aged 18 or under in the London borough of Newham; and what percentage of these have never had a job since leaving school.
§ Mr. ClarkOn 9 May 1985 there were 878 unemployed claimants aged 18 or under in the London borough of Newham who had never had a job since leaving school. An estimate of the corresponding population of this age group who have left school in the relevant academic years is not available.