HC Deb 05 February 1982 vol 17 cc230-1W
Mr. Marlow

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will set out the membership of the Manpower Services Commission task force considering the youth training scheme, setting out also its terms of reference, likely mode of operation, accessibility and overall dates of operation.

Mr. Alison

The task group, which held its first meeting on 1 February, will have 14 members. Representing the CBI will be Mr. K. Court, director, personnel and management services, Blue Circle group of companies; Mr. P. J. Daly, company education and training manager, Thorn EMI Limited, and Mr. P. J. Casey, consultant, education and training, CBI. Representing the TUC will be Mr. C. D. Grieve, general secretary, Tobacco Workers Union, Mr. L. Wood, general secretary, Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians, and Mr. R. Jackson, secretary education department, Trades Union Congress. Representing the Association of Metropolitan Authorities will be Mr. G. Hainsworth, director of education, Gateshead metropolitan borough council; Mr. W. Petty, CBE, county education officer, Kent County Council will represent the Association of County Councils and Mr. G. S. H. Bain, deputy director of education (FE), Strathclyde regional council will represent the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities. Mr. J. Collins, chairperson, British Youth Council, Mr. N. Hinton, director, National Council for Voluntary Organisations, Mrs. P. White, president of the Institute of Careers Officers and Mr. A. Colledge, principal, Granville college, Sheffield are also members of the group which will be chaired by Mr. G. Holland, director of the Manpower Services Commission.

The group's term of reference are to: recommend the structure, scope and content of a general scheme of vocational preparation and initial training for young people and the scope within such a scheme for variations; estimate the costs of such a scheme and recommend how these might be allocated between employers and the Government, taking into account the resources the Government is making available under existing and new programmes for young people in future years; propose a timetable for implementation of the general scheme of preparation aiming, if possible, for general introduction from September 1983; and consider and make recommendations about the nature and level of income of young people participating in the scheme. The group will meet frequently before April, when it aims to report to the commission. It is expected that its report will be published.