§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is his policy towards unemployed young people; and what will be the maximum period of being out of education and training yet seeking work which will not count as unemployment. [1646]
§ Mr. Alan HowarthOur policy is to help young people gain the skills and experience they need to enable them to find and sustain employment.
The precise way in which measures of unemployment and labour market activity should be treated as the subject of public consultation by the Office for National Statistics.