§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Paymaster General if he will publish a table showing the average number of school leavers claiming unemployment benefit or social security in each of the Welsh counties in each year since 1981.
§ Mr. LangThe following information is in the Library. The table shows, for each county of Wales, the average numbers of school leavers under 18 years of age claiming
154WThe figures in the table relate only to placings which have resulted directly from the restart interview. It is not known how many of those interviewed go on to find jobs or other positions themselves as a result of being remotivated by restart, although a total of some 2,200 long-term unemployed people have ceased to claim unemployment benefit after being interviewed.
Thirty-seven people's benefit has been suspended or reduced for refusing suitable employment or training at a restart interview, pending a decision on their case by an adjudication officer. Five have subsequently had their benefit restored.
unemployment benefit, supplementary benefit or national insurance credits at unemployment benefit offices in 1984 and 1985. Comparable figures for years prior to 1984 are not available because of the change to a ward-based system of allocating claimants to localities. Also, prior to October 1982, the statistics related to registrants at jobcentres rather than claimants.
Unemployed school leavers aged under 18 years Average number 1984 1985 Clwyd 979 950 Dyfed 587 581 Gwent 1,220 1,192 Gwynedd 380 440 Mid Glamorgan 1,575 1,624 Powys 121 120 South Glamorgan 905 869 West Glamorgan 1,001 980