Students And School Leavers

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asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will follow the practice of the Treasury in the Economic Progress Report, the Department of the Environment in the Housing and Construction Statistics and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his speech in the House on 24th January 1976, in excluding adult students and school leavers from the unemployment statistics.

I already publish, in the unemployment Press notice and in my Department's Gazette, unemployment figures excluding adult students and school leavers. These figures, when seasonally adjusted, provide the best

			Northern		Merseyside		South-West		Welsh		Scottish		Total
			DA		DA		DA		DA		DA		DAs
Financial Year			(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)
1970–71	…	…	31	24	20	26	2	15	14	23	41	22	108	23
1971–72	…	…	31	24	21	29	2	15	15	25	39	22	108	24
1972–73	…	…	29	23	19	27	2	14	13	21	37	21	100	22
1973–74	…	…	31	24	20	28	2	13	15	23	38	21	106	23
1974–75	…	…	45	^*	27	^*	3	^*	22	^*	57	^*	154	^*
^* Not available.
(a) Total REP expenditure—£million.
(b) Per capita expenditure—£.

Volume 905: debated on Monday 16 February 1976