§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people left youth training schemes before the completion of their first year training in (a) the first six months of 1984 and (b) the second six months of 1984
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§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 14 January 1985, c. 36]: Final figures for 1984 are not yet available. However, it is provisionally estimated that there were about 85,000 young people who left the youth training scheme four weeks or more before their expected completion date in the first half of 1984—not including "early leavers" from Construction Industry Training Board schemes between January and March 1984—and about 95,000 such "early leavers" between July and December 1984. These provisional estimates will be subject to upward revision once further information becomes available after the end of the financial year.
A sample survey of young people who left the scheme between April and July, which included a majority of "early leavers" among those who responded, showed that almost 60 per cent. had gone into jobs.
§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people were in training on the youth training scheme at the end of each month from April 1983 to August 1984, by mode; and how many young people were in training (a) on current year schemes and (b) on previous year schemes at the end of each month from September 1984 to the latest available month, also by mode.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 21 January 1985, c. 285]: The information requested is given in the tables:
Table 1 Numbers in training on the Young Training Scheme, by mode, in Great Britain: April 1983—August 1984 Position at end of month Mode A Mode B1 Mode B2 Total 1983 April 443 1,779 368 2,590 May 1,071 5,537 530 7,138 June 6,587 13,491 1,247 21,325 July 21,033 23,535 1,824 46,392 August 50,622 32,301 3,580 86,503 September 115,319 43,675 13,509 172,503 October 163,410 49,444 17,628 230,482 November 179,683 51,609 18,891 250,183 December 183,314 54,321 18,898 256,533 1984 January 185,767 55,459 18,892 260,118 February 185,465 55,319 18,498 259,282 March 180,758 53,329 17,429 251,516 April 172,903 52,838 16,752 242,493 May 169,048 53,505 15,530 238,083 June 176,320 58,428 15,179 249,927 July 205,014 63,197 14,940 283,151 August 214,003 64,387 13,658 292,048 Note:
Figures from April 1984 onwards are derived from a computer-based count and are not strictly comparable with the earlier figures, which were taken from a manual-based management information system. All these figures are subject to later updating.
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Table 2 Numbers in training on the Youth Training Scheme, by mode, in Great Britain: September-December 1984 Numbers in training on Mode A Mode B1 Mode B2 Total 28 September Current Year Schemes 134,658 39,722 6,233 180,613 Previous Year Schemes 84,220 25,425 7,476 117,121
Numbers in training on Mode A Mode B1 Mode B2 Total 2 November Current Year Schemes 181,587 46,594 10,023 238,204 Previous Year Schemes 52,044 18,081 4,503 74,628 30 November Current Year Scheme 198,440 49,469 10,981 258,890 Previous Year Schemes 35,588 13,608 2,946 52,142 28 December Current Year Schemes 203,233 50,344 11,395 264,972 Previous Year Schemes 27,257 10,984 2,162 40,403 Notes:
- 1. These figures may be subject to later updating.
- 2. The normal end of month statistics of youngsters in training (which are given in table 1) do not distinguish between those on current year schemes and those on previous year schemes. The figures provided in table 2 relate to slightly different dates and are not strictly comparable with the figures provided in table 2.