HC Deb 07 April 1987 vol 114 cc175-6W
Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many school leavers in (a) Dundee,(b) Aberdeen, (c) Glasgow and (d) Edinburgh have never had a job since leaving school.

Mr. Lang

The table shows the number of unemployed claimant school leavers under 18 years of age in each of the specified local authority districts as at 12 February 1987.

City Number of unemployed school leavers
City of Dundee 587
City of Aberdeen 337
City of Glasgow 4,501
City of Edinburgh 1,060

Note: An unemployed school leaver is defined as a person under 18 years of age who has not entered employment since completing full-time education.

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