§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish figures from all available sources as to the number of 16 to 18-year-olds without a YTS place and known to the local careers offices to be without work in Strathclyde region's educational divisions of(a) Argyll and Bute, (b) Ayr, (c) Dumbarton, (d) Glasgow and (e) Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire and Scotland as a whole; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 20 March 1989]: The only information available on the number of young people seeking a job or a YTS place is that held by the local careers services. I understand that the numbers of young people registered at careers offices in the educational divisions of Strathclyde and in Scotland as a whole on 9 March were as follows:
Number of young people registered Number Strathclyde Argyll and Bute 81 Ayr 716 Dumbarton 358 Glasgow 1,964 Lanarkshire 744 Renfrewshire 522 TOTAL 4,385 Scotland 8,446 It should be noted, however, that these figures are likely to include young people who have in fact found work or a YTS place since they registered and others who are seeking only work.
By way of comparison, there were 10,022 unfilled YTS places in Scotland on 24 February.