HC Deb 12 February 1997 vol 290 cc193-5W
Mr. Bayley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of people aged under 25 years are(a) in full-time employment, (b) in part-time

Persons aged 16 to 24 years: at spring (thousands)
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Full-time employment1
Yorkshire and Humberside 346 283 269 235 233 213
England 3,170 2,738 2,471 2,319 2,257 2,166
Part-time employment1
Yorkshire and Humberside 69 86 81 89 87 93
England 732 769 778 842 853 966
Full-time education (with a job)2
Yorkshire and Humberside 49 54 45 55 62 63
England 521 534 485 589 596 682
Full-time education (without a job)
Yorkshire and Humberside 96 112 117 130 132 143
England 906 1,101 1,131 1,191 1,247 1,172
Government-supported training and employment programmes
Yorkshire and Humberside 28 27 27 23 21 17
England 231 196 188 174 144 125
Note:
1 Excludes Government-supported training and employment programmes.
2 Included in employment estimates.

Source:

Labour Force Survey.

Persons aged 16 to 24 years: at spring (per cent.)
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Full-time employment1
Yorkshire and Humberside 52 44 43 39 40 37
England 51 46 43 41 41 40
Part-time employment1
Yorkshire and Humberside 10 13 13 15 15 16
England 12 13 13 15 16 18

employment, (c) in full-time education and (d) on Government-supported training schemes in (i) Yorkshire and Humberside and (ii) England, as at spring 1996.[14305]

Mrs. Angela Knight

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from Dr. M. P. G. Pepper to Mr. Hugh Bayley, dated 12 February 1997: The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked the Director of the Office for National Statistics to reply to your recent Question on the proportion of people aged under 25 in employment, education and training in Yorkshire and Humberside and in England. The Director has asked me to reply in his absence. In answering your Question, I have incorporated two improvements when compared with the Answer on 24 July 1996 in the Official Report column 547, and for this reason I am providing comparable data for 1991 through to 1996. First: the information on numbers in employment, education and training relate to persons aged 16–24 and are expressed as a proportion of the corresponding age group rather than all persons aged under 25. Secondly: the number in employment include some persons who are in full-time education. Separate details are given for those in full-time education with and without jobs. The Answer in the attached tables is derived from the Labour Force Survey. However, participation in Government supported training schemes is known to be under-recorded in the Labour Force Survey compared with administrative sources. The employee figures in the tables therefore include a number who should otherwise be shown as on such schemes.

Persons aged 16 to 24 years: at spring (per cent.)
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Full-time education (with a job)2
Yorkshire and Humberside 7 8 7 9 11 11
England 8 9 8 10 11 13
Full-time education (without a job)
Yorkshire and Humberside 15 17 19 22 23 25
England 15 18 20 21 23 22
Government-supported training and employment programmes
Yorkshire and Humberside 4 4 4 4 4 3
England 4 3 3 3 3 2
Notes:
1 Excludes Government-supported training and employment programmes.
2 Included in employment estimates.

Source:

Labour Force Survey.

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