§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish for each Manpower Services Commission region and area the number of (a) 16-year-olds and (b) 17-year-olds expected to enter the youth training scheme in 1985–86 on the basis of the eligibility rules announced on 12 November 1984.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonI regret the information is not yet available in the form requested. I shall write to the hon. Member when I can give him further information.
§ Mr. Altonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of Manpower Services Commission mode A trainees in inner Merseyside during 1984 were from ethnic minorities.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 28 January 1985, c. 18]: Information on the ethnic origin of youth training scheme participants is collected through managing agents and sponsors and this shows that some 2.3 per cent. of entrants to mode A schemes in the Manpower Services Commission inner Merseyside area in 1984 were from ethnic minorities.