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Unemployed School Leavers

Volume 949: debated on Friday 12 May 1978

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asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table indicating the percentage of the total unemployed figure for March 1978 which was constituted by unemployed school leavers, for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, respectively.

The following table gives the numbers of unemployed school-leavers expressed as percentages of the

NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED DISABLED PEOPLE
Registered under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Acts 1944 and 1958Unregistered
Section ISection IISection ISection II
England51,8088,29457,8203,286
Wales3,1931,1104,167387
Scotland5,5917267,221390
Information about Northern Ireland is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.