§ 21. Mr. McAllionasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he has any plans to increase financial support for apprenticeship training in Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. CopeThe Government already make available substantial resources to support apprenticeship training as a part of YTS and have no plans to change this. The Government have already made available more money than ever before for the training of young people through YTS, amounting to around £1,100 million in 1987–88. The introduction of YTS, and its extension to a two-year scheme in April 1986, has increased the opportunities for all 16 and 17-year-old school leavers to benefit from the sort of structured programme of training and work experience which was previously available only to those undertaking apprenticeships.