HC Deb 24 June 1992 vol 210 c251W
21. Mr. Ernie Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many 16 and 17-year-olds in the Dundee travel-to-work area are currently unemployed or on youth training programmes.

Mr. Allan Stewart

In the Dundee travel-to-work area in April 1992 the number of unemployed claimants aged under 17 was 26; and the number aged 17 was 51. Information about how many 16 and 17-year-olds in the Dundee travel-to-work area are on youth training programmes is not available in the form requested. However, the number of young people aged 18 and under on youth training in the Dundee City district council area was 1,262 as at 14 May 1992, the latest date for which figures are available.