§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Paymaster General what is the unemployment rate for West Indian men under 25 years of age; what is the unemployment rate for Asian men under 25 years of age; and what is the unemployment rate for white men under 25 years of age.
§ Mr. LangAccording to the labour force survey, in the spring of 1985 in Great Britain the rates of unemployment among men aged under 25 years were 35 per cent. for West Indians, 31 per cent. for Asians and 18 per cent. for whites. The figures relate to those who said they were without a job and actively looking for work as a proportion of those economically active.
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Paymaster General what percentage of white people on YTS get places with employers after the programme; and what percentage of West Indians on YTS get places with employers after the programme.
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 (a) Arrears assessed but not recovered £ 1,863 8,558 12,258 18,886 33,704 27,236 37,357 (b) (a) above as a percentage of arrears paid 6 per cent. 14 per cent. 22 per cent. 31 per cent. 73 per cent. 31 per cent. 59 per cent. (c) arrears which it was not considered practicable to pursue £ *1,863 *8,558 *12,258 11,889 25,692 21,150 35,195 (d) (c) above as a percentage of arrears paid 6 per cent. 14 per cent. 22 per cent. 20 per cent. 56 per cent. 24 per cent. 55 per cent. (e) workers for whom arrears were assessed but not recovered 16 62 93 164 199 133 199 (f) (e) above as a percentage of workers paid arrears 2 per cent. 5 per cent. 10 per cent. 26 per cent. 40 per cent. 20 per cent. 30 per cent. (g) workers from for whom it was considered not practicable to pursue arrears 16 62 93 118 161 112 186 (h) (g) above as a percentage of workers paid arrears *2 per cent. *5 per cent. *10per cent. 15 per cent. 32 per cent. 17 per cent. 28 per cent. *These figures include data relating to arrears waived. Information concerning arrears which it was considered not practicable to pursue is not separately identifiable for 1979, 1980 and 1981.
§ Ms. Clare Shortasked the Paymaster General if he will explain why non-recovery of arrears assessed as due by the Wages Inspectorate has increased since 1979; and why it is considered impracticable to pursue arrears.
§ Mr. TrippierThe increase in the proportion of arrears identified but not recovered by the Wages Inspectorate is attributable to rises in both the number of workers choosing to forgo payment and the number of cases where it is inappropriate or impracticable to pursue recovery action. Decisions by the Wages Inspectorate not to pursue arrears are taken only after careful consideration of all the circumstances, including the ultimate likelihood of success bearing in mind such factors as the financial state of the business concerned and the adequacy of evidence to support legal proceedings.
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Clothing Manufacturing Wages Council 1979 1981 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Establishments where the pay records of homeworkers were examined 1,141 199 121 87 136 145 148 Establishments making use of the services of homeworkers who were found to have been underpaid 16 16 12 11 9 15 7
§ Mr. TrippierThe Manpower Services Commission conducts a monthly follow-up survey of all young people leaving YTS. The latest results, covering young people who left YTS between 1 April and 31 December 1985, show that around 60 per cent. of white leavers and around 35 per cent. of black leavers of African or Caribbean descent were in employment some three months after completing their training. Information relating specifically to West Indians is not available.