Youth Unemployment (Hansard, 10 January 2001)

HC Deb 10 January 2001 vol 360 c569W 569W

§ Mr. Paul Marsden
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the(a) percentage and (b) numerical change in youth unemployment was between (i) 1 May 1997 and (ii) the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [143376]

§ Miss Melanie Johnson
The number of young people aged 18–24 claimant unemployed for six months or more fell by 81 per cent. or 143,700, between April 1997 and November 2000.