§ Mr. McLeishasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he has any plans to alter the publication
Per cent. In a full time job In a part time job On another YTS scheme On a full time course Doing something else Unemployed Great Britain 53 4 7 3 6 28 Scotland 47 3 7 3 4 36 Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy 44 4 9 2 5 36 Note Percentages are rounded to whole numbers.
§ Mr. Tom Clarkeasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the number of unemployed people in Monklands, West constituency (a) 16–18 years of age, (b) 18–21 years of age, (c) 21–25 years of age, (d) 25–45 years of age, (e) 45–55 years of age, and (f) over 55 years of age, giving the latest available figures.
§ Mr. LeeFollowing is the available information, which is also in the Library.
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Unemployed claimants—Monklands West constituency 9 April 1987 Number Aged under 18 540 Aged 18–19 589 Aged 20–24 1,029 Aged 25–44 1,944 Aged 45–54 664 Aged 55 and over 391 of the monthly unemployment figures; and what plans he has for a quarterly labour force survey as is used in the United States of America.
§ Mr. FowlerMy Department continually assesses the quality of its published statistics and seeks ways to improve them, but I have no present proposals for specific changes.
§ Mr. McLeishasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide, for the last full year for which information is available for the United Kingdom, Scotland and Fife, Central constituency (a) how many 16 and 17-year-olds entered the YTS, (b) what percentage gained employment at the expiry of their period on the scheme and (c) how many 16 and 17-year-olds remained unemployed.
§ Mr. CopeInformation about YTS entrants and leavers is not available in the form requested, but is available for Great Britain, Scotland, and Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy local authority districts, which together are representative of Fife, Central constituency.
During the period of April 1985 to March 1986, the last full year for which information is obtainable, 406,332 young people started YTS in Great Britain, 46,398 in Scotland and 3,212 in Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy local authority districts.
The MSC conducts a regular follow-up survey of YTS leavers three months after young people leave the programme. The table shows the destinations of young people who left YTS in the period April 1985 to March 1986.
§ Mr. Martlewasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the latest unemployment figures for Carlisle in the Official Report by district ward boundary.
§ Mr. LeeThe following information is in the Library. The table shows the number of unemployed claimants in each electoral ward in Carlisle local authority district.
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Unemployed claimants at 14 May 1987 Number Carlisle No. 1 246 Carlisle No. 2 382 Carlisle No. 3 514 Carlisle No. 4 373 Carlisle No. 5 436 Carlisle No. 6 349 Carlisle No. 7 338 Carlisle No. 8 433 Carlisle No. 9 267 Carlisle No. 10 464 Carlisle No. 11 89
Number Carlisle No. 12 49 Carlisle No. 13 42 Carlisle No. 14 76 Carlisle No. 15 56 Carlisle No. 16 163 Carlisle No. 17 146 Carlisle No. 18 38 Carlisle No. 19 108 Carlisle No. 20 61