HC Deb 08 December 1987 vol 124 cc111-2W
Ms. Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what the regional occupancy rates on the YTS are at the latest date, and for equivalent dates for each year since the scheme started.

Mr. Cope

The table shows a regional breakdown of occupancy rates on YTS at the end of September for the five years 1983–1987.

Occupancy Percentage at end September
Region 19831 1984 1985 1986 1987
South East2 49 68 72 69 71
London 37 59 60 54 55
South West 51 73 80 76 74
West Midlands2 52 73 76 74 71
East Midlands + Eastern2 77 76
Yorkshire and Humberside 52 74 81 77 82
North West 53 77 82 78 74
Northern 60 78 78 79 71
Wales 54 76 83 78 76
Scotland 49 70 79 75 73
Great Britain 51 72 77 74 73
1 The 1983 figures are considerably lower than in subsequent years due to the build up of YTS in its first year. The 1983 figures also exclude about 17,000 trainees on Construction Industry Training Board schemes.
2 From April 1986 the midlands and south-east regional boundaries were redrawn to form new south-east, west midlands and east midlands regions.

Ms. Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many YTS trainees left the scheme to enrol in another scheme run by a different employer or a different managing agent in the current year.

Mr. Cope

The Manpower Services Commission's latest follow-up survey of all young people who have left a YTS scheme during the period April 1986 to May 1987 shows that, in Great Britain 11 per cent. of leavers were enrolled on another YTS scheme at the time of the surveys.