HC Deb 12 April 1988 vol 131 c41W
Mr. Robert Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of people aged 18 and 19 years who are unemployed in north Yorkshire.

Mr. Lee

The following information is in the Library. On the 14 January 1988, the number of unemployed claimants in the county of north Yorkshire aged 18 and 19 years, were 983, and 1,047 respectively.

Mr. Teddy Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if, pursuant to his reply of 1 March,Official Report column 542, he will initiate inquiries into the reasons for the substantial differences in the level of unemployment in the European Free Trade Association and in the European Economic Community, respectively.

Mr. Lee

My Department has no plans to conduct an inquiry as specific as my hon. Friend suggests. However, my Department is continually reviewing the reasons for differing levels of unemployment in other industrial countries, including most of the European Free Trade Association and EC member states.

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