§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many youth training scheme places were identified and supported in the Workington travel-to-work area and the county of Cumbria during the last month for which statistics are available.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe Manpower Services Commission's area office for Cumbria has now identified and approved all the youth training scheme places required in the Workington travel-to-work area and in Cumbria.
In the Allerdale and Copeland local authority districts, which broadly correspond to the Workington travel-to-work area, some 1,450 YTS places have now been approved, and in Cumbria 3,940 places have been approved.