§ Miss Joan Lestorasked the Secretary of State for Employment to what extent girls on the youth opportunities programme are receiving training in nontraditional skills.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison:The information requested is not available.
Although statistics are kept for each financial year showing the numbers of girls and boys entering the youth opportunities programme as a whole, they are not broken down by sex for the training offered in the various occupations or skills.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the current number of young people involved in the youth opportunities programme; and what were the figures for October 1981.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison:It is estimated that there were 252,100 places filled by young people on the youth opportunities programme at the end of September 1982, the latest date for which figures are available. There were 221,800 places filled by young people at the end of October 1981.