HC Deb 02 February 1987 vol 109 c483W
Mr. Ashley

asked the Paymaster General what proportion of disabled young people leaving the YTS find full-time employment (i) six months after completion, (ii) one year after completion and (iii) 18 months after completion.

Mr. Lee

Information is not available in the form requested. The Manpower Services Commission's regular follow-up of YTS leavers shows that of those young people identified as disabled who left YTS schemes between April 1985 and March 1986, 26 per cent, were in full-time work, and 45 per cent, were either in work or further education/ training, some three months after leaving.

Mr. Ashley

asked the Paymaster General what proportion of able-bodied young people leaving the YTS find full-time employment (i) six months after completion, (ii) one year after completion and (iii) 18 months after completion.

Mr. Trippier

The information is not available in the form requested. The Manpower Services Commission's regular follow-up survey of YTS leavers shows that between April 1985 and March 1986, nationally 53 per cent, of able-bodied leavers were in full-time work, and 67 per cent, were in either work of further education/training, three months after leaving. Longer term research has also shown that of those able-bodied young people on YTS in September 1984, 67 per cent, were in full-time work 18 months later.