asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people registered as unemployed in the London borough of Lambeth are aged under 21 years; and how many are black.

The quarterly age analysis for all unemployed people relates to January and the yearly age analysis for unemployed ethnic minority group workers is for February. Figures are not collected for the precise age group specified. The following is the available information for the area covered by the Brixton, Streatham, Stockwell and West Norwood employment offices, which corresponds closely to the London borough of Lambeth.

Age	All unemployed January 1982	Unemployed ethnic minority group workers February 1982 (provisional)
Under 18 years	1,349	354
Aged 18 years	1,167	486
Aged 19 to 24 years	5,579	930

The youth opportunities programme exists to help young people with employment difficulties through appropriate courses of work experience and training.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are now registered as unemployed at careers offices and employment offices in the London borough of Lambeth.

At 11 February the provisional number of people registered as unemployed at employment offices and careers offices in the London borough of Lambeth was 18,648. The figure relates to the area covered by the Brixton, Streatham, Stockwell and West Norwood employment offices.