§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many youngsters leaving school in 1985 are currently attached to a YTS programme; how many were unemployed in January; and if he will express both figures as a percentage of those leaving school in 1985.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsComprehensive information is not available in the precise form requested. At the end of January there were 16,001 1985 school leavers participating in YTS. Information about the numbers still168W seeking work in January is not available because the Department of Employment's unemployment statistics do not indicate the year in which a young person left school.
§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many Welsh youngsters leaving school in (a) 1979, (b) 1980, (c) 1981, (d) 1982, (e) 1983 and (f) 1984 have been unemployed permanently since leaving school.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsInformation in the precise form requested is not available as Department of Employment statistics do not indicate the year in which an unemployed young person left school. However in January 1986 there were 6,405 young people aged under 18 who had been continuously unemployed since leaving school, 4,448 aged 18 and 9,374 aged 19 or over.