asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many school leavers in (a) the Inner London area and (b) the Woolwich and Greenwich careers office remain unemployed at the most recent date; and how many vacancies suitable for young people remain unfilled in each of these areas.

At 10th February the number of unemployed school leavers

					Notified unfilled vacancies
				Numbers unemployed	Employment Office	Careers Offices
March 1976	…	…	…	3,435	290	59
April 1976	…	…	…	3,595	264	83
May 1976	…	…	…	3,563	267	122
June 1976	…	…	…	3,526	317	89
July 1976	…	…	…	4,152	294	83
August 1976	…	…	…	4,351	286	48
September 1976	…	…	…	4,282	362	61
October 1976	…	…	…	3,961	304	62
November 1976	…	…	…	*	*	*
December 1976	…	…	…	*	*	*
January 1977	…	…	…	4,291	*	50
February 1977	…	…	…	4,080	289	63
* Figures not available because of Employment Group.

The vacancy figures relate only to vacancies notified to employment office and careers offices and are not a measure of total vacancies. Because of possible duplication, the two series should not be added together.