§ Mr. Freemanasked the Secretary of State for Employment what guidance he has given to the Manpower Services Commission concerning the refusal of SOGAT '82 to permit young people to join the youth training scheme without being employed on normal union terms.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe Manpower Services Commission is currently looking at the problems raised by SOGAT '82's policies in relation to the youth training scheme and will be keeping me informed of developments. I shall write to my hon. Friend when I have more to report.
§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many places on youth training schemes are currently unfilled in the London borough of Waltham Forest and Greater London, respectively.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonOne hundred and sixty of the places currently available on the youth training scheme in the London borough of Waltham Forest have not yet been taken up; the equivalent figure for Greater London as a whole is 16,000.
§ Mr. Nellistasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will allow increases in youth training scheme allowances to take account of the variation in individual circumstances to which he referred in his reply to the hon. Member for Coventry, South-East on 28 November.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonAs I indicated in my reply to the hon. Member on 24 November—[Vol. 49, c. 339–40]—the Government have no immediate plans to review the level of the allowance.
§ Mr. Nellistasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will define the term "benefit" as used in his reply to the hon. Member for Coventry, South-East on 21 November, Official Report, c. 55; and whether the term is used in the context of a pecuniary or a moral benefit.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe high quality of training young people are receiving under the youth training scheme will help them to compete more effectively in the labour market.
§ Mr.Nellistasked the Secretary of State for Employment what statistics relating to accidents to youth training scheme trainees are (a) collected and (b) held by his Department.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Nellistasked the Secretary of State for Employment why he decided not to accept the Manpower Services Commission recommendation to increase the annual training allowance under the youth training scheme from £1,300, in light of the savings announced in paragraph 2.13 of H.C. Paper 112.
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§ Mr. Peter MorrisonI refer the hon. Member to my reply of 24 November.—[Vol. 49, c.339–40.]
§ Mr. Nellistasked the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to paragraph 2.13 of the autumn statement, if he will give figures for each of the youth training scheme, the job splitting scheme and the young workers scheme, showing the savings to be achieved in each.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe estimated savings are £55 million for the youth training scheme, £10 million for the job splitting scheme, and £19 million for the young workers scheme.