§ Mr. Porterasked the Secretary of State for Employment what opportunities for training are provided or funded by Her Majesty's Government for school leavers (a) aged 16 to 18 years and (b) aged 18 years and over; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe training schemes available for school leavers are set out as follows:
Scheme Age Group Youth opportunities programme (YOP) 16–24 Unified vocational preparation (UVP) 16–18 Community industry (CI) 16–18 Training for skills programme (TSPA)* * TSPA provides support to employers through industry training boards and other training organisations for the first year of training of additional apprentices and other long term trainees. The youth training scheme, which begins on 1 April, will replace the youth opportunities programme. The new scheme will provide a year of high quality training and work experience, and will guarantee an early offer of a place to all unemployed 16 year old school leavers. The scheme will also be open to employed 16 year olds and some unemployed 17 year old school leavers.