HC Deb 05 December 1986 vol 106 cc835-6W
Mr. Sheerman

asked the Paymaster General how many youth trainees are currently engaged in YTS that involve off-the-job training in further education colleges in (a) England and Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) Northern Ireland.

Mr. Trippier

This information is not available in precisely the form requested. The most recent information is from a survey of YTS schemes in January—February 1986. This survey showed that schemes responsible for 42 per cent. of all trainees in Great Britain used colleges of further education to provide the main part of their off-the-job training. This includes cases where colleges of further education managing schemes provided their own off-the-job training in-house.

Employees in employment net changes between June 1979 and June 1986
thousand
South East East Anglia South West West Midlands East Midlands Yorkshire and Humberside
Charge Per cent. Change Charge Per cent. Change Charge Per cent. Change Charge Per cent. Change Charge Per cent. Change Charge Per cent. Change
All industries and services (0–9) -73 -1 23 3 -39 -2 -301 -13 -118 -8 -266 -13
Manufacturing industries (2–4) -343 -18 -28 -14 -77 -18 -291 -30 -108 -18 -203 -29
Service industries (6–9) 347 7 68 17 54 5 32 3 31 4 8 1
Shipbuilding and repairing (3610) n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Metal goods, engineering and vehicles (3) -149 -15 -9 -10 -43 -20 -184 -30 -45 -19 -73 -29
Mechanical engineering (32) n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Electrical and electronic engineering, instrument engineering (34, 37) n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Education, health and other services (73–99) 154 11 17 13 31 10 -26 -8 27 12 -10 -3
Retail distribution (64–65) 28 4 16 23 -12 -7 15 8 3 2 -11 -5
Banking, insurance and finance (8) 187 23 12 29 22 20 35 30 21 30 32 33

North West North Wales Scotland Great Britain
Charge Per cent. Change Charge Per cent. Change Charge Per cent. Change Charge Per cent. Change Charge Per cent. Change
All industries and services (0–9) -278 -10 -215 -17 -130 -13 -149 -7 -1,545 -7
Manufacturing industries (2–4) -303 -31 -127 -31 -111 -35 -180 -30 -1,772 -25
Service industries (6–9) 75 5 -16 -2 21 4 83 7 701 5
Shipbuilding and repairing (3610) n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. -54 -39
Metal goods, engineering and vehicles (3) -99 -25 -64 -36 -43 -36 -79 -31 -788 -24
Mechanical engineering (32) n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. -251 -24
Electrical and electronic engineering, instrument engineering (34, 37) n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. -113 -13
Education, health and other services (73–99) 23 5 15 7 13 7 29 7 273 7
Retail distribution (64/65) 9 4 -11 -9 14 17 22 11 72 3
Banking, insurance and finance (8) 41 26 9 16 13 30 30 24 405 25

Figures in brackets denote the division, class or activity heading of the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification.

n.a. Not available.

Separate estimates for Scotland, England and Wales are not available.

Mr. Sheerman

asked the Paymaster General how many youth trainees undertook off-the-job training at further education colleges in each of the years since the scheme's inception in (a) England and Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) Northern Ireland.

Mr. Trippier

This information is not available in the form requested. The youth training scheme started in England, Wales and Scotland in 1983. No information is available on the numbers of YTS trainees undertaking off-the-job training in colleges of further education for the financial years 1983–84, 1984–85 and 1986–87.