HC Deb 05 December 1983 vol 50 cc50-1W
Mr. McQuarrie

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many young persons who are registered as disabled have obtained employment in the Banff and Buchan constituency since the inception of the youth training scheme.

Mr. Allan Stewart

[pursuant to his reply, 23 November 1983 c. 209–10.]: There are no comprehensive statistics of registered disabled people entering employment. Statistics of the number of registered disabled young people entering the youth training scheme, based on returns from sponsors, are being collected at quarterly intervals. The most recent available figures are for September 1983, that is after the scheme had been operating for one month. They show that there were no registered disabled young people on the scheme in the Banff and Buchan constituency.

Mr. McQuarrie

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many young persons in the 16 and 17-year-old age group were unemployed in the area of the Banff and Buchan district on 30 October.

Mr. Allan Stewart

[pursuant to his reply, of 23 November 1983 c. 209–10.]: At 13 October 1983, the latest date for which information is available, the number of unemployed claimants aged 16 and 17 in jobcentre areas within Banff and Buchan district was 91 and 120 respectively.

Mr. McQuarrie

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many young persons in the 16 and 17-year-old age group had been given employment in the Banff and Buchan area under the youth training scheme as at 30 October;

(2) how many persons engaged on the youth training scheme in the Banff and Buchan district have been employed on apprenticeship status with a guarantee of employment at the end of the training since the inception of the scheme.

Mr. Allan Stewart

[pursuant to his reply,23 November 1983 c. 209–10.]: Young people can take part in the youth training scheme either as employees or trainees. At 30 October, there were 120 young people aged 16 and 17 on the scheme in Banff and Buchan, 10 of whom were recruited as employees. It is for managing agents to decide the employment status of the young people they train. As such decisions can be taken at any time during the course of training, it is likely that the number of employees will increase as the scheme progresses. None of the 10 employees is an apprentice; the industries in which they are being trained do not traditionally operate apprenticeships.