asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many young people are currently on each of the temporary employment measures in (a) Glasgow and (b) Scotland; and what are the comparable figures for the same period in 1981, 1980 and 1979.
[pursuant to his reply, 6 December, c. 426]: Most young people participating in the special employment measures are on either the youth opportunities programme or the community industry scheme. The following table gives the available information on numbers participating in these programmes in Glasgow and Scotland in October in each of the years requested.
October 1979
| October 1980
| October 1981
| October 1982
| |
| Glasgow city | ||||
| Youth opportunities programme | Not available | Not available | 7,300 | 5,460 |
| Community industry scheme | 300 | 343 | 353 | 356 |
| Scotland | ||||
| Youth opportunities programme | 14,500 | 21,500 | 33,000 | 30,100 |
| Community industry scheme | 1,328 | 1,450 | 1,471 | 1,476 |
Some young people over the age of 18 will also be taking part in the community programme, which provides temporary work for long-term unemployed adults, but an analysis of those participating by age is not available.
In addition, the young workers scheme was introduced in January 1982 to encourage employers to take on more young people under 18. By October some 3,172 applications under the scheme had been approved in Glasgow city; the comparable figure for Scotland was 12,533.