Young Persons

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of young persons, (a) male and (b) female, in Great Britain, Wales and Scotland and in each English region, entering employment in each year 1970 to 1974 in the following classes of employment, (i) apprenticeships or learnerships to skilled occupation, (ii) employment leading to recognised qualification, (iii) clerical employment, (iv) other employment with planned training, (v) other employment; and if he will express each figure as a percentage of the total entering employment for each nation/region.

Information about the total number of young people entering employment in any particular period is not available. Statistics of young people entering their first employment following completion of full-time education are collected and the figures for the years 1970–74 are as follows:

REGION: SOUTH EAST^*
		Apprentice/Learnership				Professional				Clerical				Employment with planned training				Other employment				Total
		Col. 1		Col. 2		Col. 3		Col. 4		Col. 5		Col. 6		Col. 7		Col. 8		Col. 9		Col. 10		Col. 11	Col. 12
			% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.
Year		B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	G
1970	…	26,280	35·7	5,149	7·8	988	1·3	841	1·3	7,946	10·8	31,564	47·6	15,425	21·0	8,767	13·2	22,978	31·2	19,986	30·1	73,617	66,307
1971	…	23,587	32·2	5,442	8·3	805	1·1	804	1·2	7,821	10·7	29,313	44·8	16,720	22·8	9,092	14·0	24,372	33·2	20,734	31·7	73,305	65,385
1972	…	24,593	31·6	5,918	8·9	825	1·1	619	0·9	8,178	10·5	29,136	43·6	18,652	23·9	9,877	14·8	25,639	32·9	21,235	31·8	77,887	66,785
1973	…	17,454	39·3	1,446	4·3	860	1·9	807	2·5	7,079	16·0	20,603	61·9	9,527	21·5	4,377	13·1	9,428	21·3	6,061	18·2	44,348	33,294
1974	…	28,303	34·4	4,404	6·3	806	1·0	716	1·0	8,115	9·9	34,002	48·5	20,001	24·4	10,614	15·1	24,819	30·3	20,384	29·1	82,044	70,120
^* In 1974 the London and South Eastern and Eastern and Southern Departmental regions were merged to become South East region which comprises the East Anglia and South East Standard regions. For the purpose of making valid comparison between each year the figures quoted for the years 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973 are the combined totals for the former Eastern and Southern and London and South Eastern regions.

REGION: SOUTH WEST
		Apprentice/Learnership				Professional				Clerical				Employment with planned training				Other employment				Total
		Col. 1		Col. 2		Col. 3		Col. 4		Col. 5		Col. 6		Col. 7		Col. 8		Col. 9		Col. 10		Col. 11	Col. 12
			% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.
Year		B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	G
1970	…	5,945	37·2	1,124	7·5	166	1·1	278	1·9	877	5·5	4,925	33·1	3,296	20·6	2,595	17·5	5,691	35·6	5,944	40·0	15,975	14,866
1971	…	5,777	35·4	1,126	7·5	175	1·1	293	2·0	826	5·1	4,777	32·1	3,916	23·9	2,897	19·4	5,637	34·5	5,806	39·0	16,331	14,899
1972	…	6,033	34·0	1,229	7·8	270	1·5	342	2·1	894	5·0	4,888	30·9	4,487	25·3	3,064	19·4	6,061	34·2	6,310	39·8	17,745	15,833
1973	…	4,571	44·6	338	4·2	247	2·4	251	3·1	902	8·8	4,202	52·2	2,158	21·0	1,336	16·5	2,382	23·2	1,930	24·0	10,260	8,057
1974	…	7,790	39·4	1,234	7·1	315	1·6	311	1·8	908	4·6	5,685	32·5	4,629	23·5	3,695	21·1	6,094	30·9	6,557	37·5	19,736	17,482

REGION: MIDLANDS
		Apprentice/Learnership				Professional				Clerical				Employment with planned training				Other employment				Total
		Col. 1		Col. 2		Col. 3		Col. 4		Col. 5		Col. 6		Col. 7		Col. 8		Col. 9		Col. 10		Col. 11	Col. 12
			% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.
Year		B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	G
1970	…	18,924	43·3	2,637	6·9	633	1·4	730	1·9	2,790	6·4	14,254	37·5	8,185	18·8	7,387	19·4	13,163	30·1	13,072	34·3	43,695	38,080
1971	…	16,316	38·9	2,602	6·9	594	1·4	689	1·8	2,323	5·5	12,324	32·9	8,563	20·4	7,873	21·0	14,166	33·8	14,014	37·4	41,960	37,504
1972	…	16,683	37·3	2,758	7·0	642	1·4	637	1·6	2,429	5·5	12,366	31·5	9,350	20·9	8,684	22·1	15,585	34·9	14,807	37·8	44,689	39,252
1973	…	11,752	49·0	864	4·9	696	2·9	673	3·8	2,506	10·4	10,456	58·7	3,950	16·5	2,228	12·5	5,080	21·2	3,581	20·1	23,984	17,802
1974	…	20,863	42·6	2,790	6·8	755	1·5	797	2·0	2,699	5·5	15,712	38·2	10,526	21·5	8,471	20·6	14,146	28·9	13,311	32·4	48,989	41,081

REGION:YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE
		Apprentice/Learnership				Professional				Clerical				Employment with planned training				Other employment				Total
		Col. 1		Col. 2		Col. 3		Col. 4		Col. 5		Col. 6		Col. 7		Col. 8		Col. 9		Col. 10		Col. 11	Col. 12
			% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.
Year		B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	G
1970	…	12,482	50·8	1,583	7·1	277	1·1	597	2·7	1,790	7·3	8,177	36·	2,429	9·9	3,451	15·5	7,613	30·9	8,479	38·0	24,591	22,287
1971	…	11,436	47·2	1,624	7·4	336	1·4	643	2·9	1,521	6·3	6,921	31·5	1,881	11·9	3,709	16·9	8,038	33·2	9,088	41·3	24,212	21,985
1972	…	12,169	46·8	1,670	7·3	386	1·5	676	2·9	1,616	6·2	6,971	30·4	3,218	12·4	4,413	19·2	8,594	33·1	9,229	40·2	25,983	22,959
1973	…	6,928	53·7	521	4·9	306	2·4	619	5·9	1,742	13·5	6,106	58·1	1,449	11·2	1,111	10·6	2,479	19·2	2,156	20·5	12,904	10,513
1974	…	14,629	51·6	1,463	6·0	421	1·5	656	2·7	1,743	6·2	9,344	38·6	3,687	13·0	4,295	17·7	7,861	27·7	8,461	35·0	28,341	24,219

REGION: NORTH WEST
		Apprentice/Learnership				Professional				Clerical				Employment with planned training				Other employment				Total
		Col. 1		Col. 2		Col. 3		Col. 4		Col. 5		Col. 6		Col. 7		Col. 8		Col. 9		Col. 10		Col. 11	Col. 12
			% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.
Year		B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	G
1970	…	15,451	47·6	2,053	7·1	383	1·2	607	2·1	2,620	8·1	12,227	42·5	3,014	9·2	4,452	15·5	11,002	33·9	9,445	32·8	32,470	28,784
1971	…	14,180	46·9	2,300	8·2	374	1·2	514	1·8	1,911	6·3	10,189	36·5	3,144	10·4	4,920	17·6	10,640	35·2	10,023	35·9	30,249	27,946
1972	…	14,813	45·6	2,643	9·2	422	1·3	584	2·0	1,981	6·1	9,559	33·1	3,289	10·2	5,301	18·4	11,949	36·8	10,779	37·3	32,454	28,866
1973	…	8,510	51·4	742	5·7	301	1·8	552	4·2	2,085	12·6	7,766	59·4	1,491	9·0	1,199	9·2	4,174	25·2	2,810	21·5	16,561	13,069
1974	…	16,132	47·7	2,220	7·5	355	1·1	509	1·8	2,323	6·9	12,293	41·6	3,834	11·3	5,225	17·7	11,150	33·0	9,279	31·4	33,794	29,526

REGION: NORTH
		Apprentice/Learnership				Professional				Clerical				Employment with planned training				Other employment				Total
		Col. 1		Col. 2		Col. 3		Col. 4		Col. 5		Col. 6		Col. 7		Col. 8		Col. 9		Col. 10		Col. 11	Col. 12
			% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.
Year		B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	G
1970	…	8,572	47·3	924	5·6	240	1·3	391	2·4	1,309	7·2	5,896	35·7	1,200	6·7	2,694	16·3	6,801	37·5	6,627	40·0	18,122	16,532
1971	…	8,088	46·5	991	6·0	223	1·3	466	2·8	1,063	6·1	4,997	30·2	1,479	8·5	3,212	19·4	6,554	37·6	6,884	41·6	17,407	16,550
1972	…	8,749	46·6	1,082	6·2	245	1·3	426	2·5	1,053	5·6	4,744	27·3	1,596	8·5	3,347	19·2	7,151	38·0	7,781	44·8	18,794	17,380
1973	…	5,786	55·4	240	3·3	228	2·2	427	5·8	1,114	10·7	4,321	58·9	826	7·9	651	8·8	2,491	23·8	1,703	23·2	10,445	7,342
1974	…	9,667	49·5	777	4·4	310	1·6	463	2·7	1,130	5·8	6,359	36·8	1,910	9·8	3,062	17·8	6,508	33·3	6,609	38·3	19,525	17,270

REGION: WALES
		Apprentice/Learnership				Professional				Clerical				Employment with planned training				Other employment				Total
		Col. 1		Col. 2		Col. 3		Col. 4		Col. 5		Col. 6		Col. 7		Col. 8		Col. 9		Col. 10		Col. 11	Col. 12
			% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.
Year		B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	G
1970	…	4,734	36·5	565	5·0	146	1·1	213	1·9	794	6·1	3,371	29·7	551	4·2	942	8·3	6,762	52·1	6,261	55·1	12,987	11,352
1971	…	4,236	34·1	579	5·3	108	0·9	220	2·0	629	5·1	2,634	24·3	807	6·4	1,166	10·8	6,645	53·5	6,248	57·6	12,425	10,847
1972	…	4,306	33·0	677	5·9	113	0·9	182	1·6	680	5·2	2,977	26·0	714	5·4	1,087	9·4	7,239	55·5	6,542	57·1	13,052	11,465
1973	…	3,284	46·7	188	3·7	110	1·6	164	3·2	703	10·0	2,636	52·0	381	5·4	283	5·6	2,555	36·3	1,796	35·5	7,033	5,067
1974	…	5,260	38·8	620	5·4	133	1·0	198	1·7	747	5·5	3,517	31·0	865	6·4	1,006	8·9	6,542	48·3	6,018	53·0	13,547	11,359

REGION: SCOTLAND

Apprentice/Learnership

Professional

Clerical

Employment with planned training

Other employment

Total

Col. 1

Col. 2

Col. 3

Col. 4

Col. 5

Col. 6

Col. 7

Col. 8

Col. 9

Col. 10

Col. 11

Col. 12

% of col.

of

col.

Year

B

11

G

12

B

11

G

12

B

11

G

12

B

11

G

12

B

11

G

12

B

G

1970

…

12,513

46·8

1,766

6·9

431

1·6

422

1·6

1,658

6·2

9,107

35·6

1,140

4·3

3,692

14·4

10,978

41·1

10,618

41·5

26,720

25,605

1971

…

12,014

45·8

2,004

7·9

444

1·7

425

1·7

1,488

5·7

7,627

30·1

1,237

4·7

4,647

18·4

11,049

42·1

10,588

41·9

26,232

25,291

1972

…

12,810

45·3

2,020

7·9

483

1·7

450

1·8

1,579

5·6

7,677

29·9

1,282

4·5

4,685

18·2

12,116

42·9

10,838

42·2

28,270

25,670

1973

…

7,759

51·7

686

5·7

506

3·4

499

4·2

1,679

11·2

6,257

52·6

587

3·9

1,195

10·1

4,466

29·8

3,266

27·4

14,997

11,903

1974

…

15,517

53·8

1,974

7·4

448

1·5

539

2·0

1,630

5·7

9,353

35·0

1,490

5·2

4,637

17·4

9,755

33·8

10,215

38·2

28,840

26,718

REGION: GREAT BRITAIN
		Apprentice/Learnership				Professional				Clerical				Employment with planned training				Other employment				Total
		Col.		Col.		Col.		Col.		Col.		Col.		Col.		Col.		Col.		Col.		Col.	Col.
		1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11	12
			% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.		% of col.
Year		B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	11	G	12	B	G
1970	…	104,901	42·3	15,801	7·1	3,264	1·3	4,079	1·8	19,784	8·0	89,521	40·0	35,240	14·2	33,980	15·2	84,988	34·2	80,432	35·9	248,177	223,813
1971	…	95,632	39·5	16,670	7·6	3,059	1·2	4,054	1·8	17,582	7·3	78,782	35·8	38,747	16·0	37,516	17·0	87,101	36·0	83,385	37·8	242,121	220,407
1972	…	100,156	38·7	17,997	7·9	3,386	1·3	3,916	1·7	18,410	7·1	78,318	34·3	42,588	16·5	40,458	17·7	94,334	36·4	87,521	38·4	258,874	228,210
1973	…	66,044	47·0	5,025	4·7	3,254	2·3	3,992	3·7	17,810	12·7	62,347	58·3	20,369	14·5	12,380	11·5	33,055	23·5	23,303	21·8	140,532	107,047
1974	…	118,185	43·0	15,483	6·5	3,543	1·3	4,191	1·7	19,196	7·0	96,273	40·5	46,959	17·1	41,031	17·1	86,918	31·6	80,869	34·0	274,801	237,847

Background Notes:

1. It is not possible to gather statistics showing the total number of young people entering employment since such employment is not always obtained through the Careers Service or the Employment Service Agency.

2. From the general format of the question it seems probable that the hon. Member is seeking information about young people entering their first employment and these are the statistics quoted in the reply.

3. Since these statistics record the first employment only, it follows that the figures do not measure the total intake into, for example, apprenticeship since entry sometimes follows a period of other employment.

Volume 895: debated on Tuesday 15 July 1975