§ Mr. Wallaceasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide a breakdown of the numbers of young people aged 16 to 18 years (a) in full-time education, (b) in employment, (c) unemployed and (d) on a YTS.
§ Mr. Allan StewartFigures indicating the number of young people aged 16 to 18 in each of the categories for which information is requested are not available on a comparable basis. The figures for Scotland given in the table below, which are the latest available in each case, come from different sources and relate to different points in time. There is therefore an inevitable and unquantifiable element of double counting For example, many of the young people in full-time education in 1984 also feature in the numbers shown as unemployed or in YTS in early 1986.
(1) Full-time Education (2) Employment (3) Unemployed (4) YTS Age 16 55,673 32,000 12,780 31,746 Age 17 28,974 45,000 17,645 Age 18 18,905 49,000 19,098 Total 103,552 126,000 49,523 31,746 Col. (1) Figures as at September 1984 (schools and colleges) and 31 December 1984 (universities).
Col. (2) Figures are extracted from the 1984 Labour Force Survey and are estimates.
Col. (3) Position as at 9 January 1986, the latest date for which age band figures are available.
Col. (4) Position at end of February 1986. An age breakdown is not currently available.