§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report for each travel-to-work area in Wales for the most recently available date (a) the number of unemployed claimants aged 18 years and under who have never had a job since leaving school and (b) the percentage that (a) forms of the estimated population of this age group.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsNumbers of unemployed claimants aged 18 years and under who have never been in employment are available from the computer in the House of Commons Library.
It is not possible to express these as a percentage of the population in the way requested. Estimates of population are not broken down from county to travel-to-work area level.