§ Mr. JannerTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of companies, employing 100 or more YTS trainees, hire no YTS trainees from(a) the Afro-Caribbean community, (b) the Asian community and (c) ethnic minorities, respectively, in (i) the United Kingdom, (ii) the east midlands and (iii) Leicestershire.
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§ Mr. LeightonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people are without a YTS place after their entitlement to child benefit or bridging allowance ran out; and how many were temporarily in this position during 1988.
§ Mr. CopeIt is not possible to provide this information. Young people are not obliged to report what they are doing after bridging allowance ceases.
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide figures on the number of young people no longer on bridging allowance who have not yet been allocated a YTS place.
§ Mr. Cope[holding answer 13 December 1988]: It is not possible to provide this information. Young people are not obliged to report what they are doing after bridging allowance ceases.
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the total expenditure on YTS for 1986, 1987 and the estimated expenditure for 1988, 1989 and 1990.
§ Mr. Cope[holding answer 13 December 1988]: Figures for Great Britain for financial years are published in the 1988 Public Expenditure White Paper. Taking into account the changes made by the winter supplementary Estimates the figures are:
£ millions 1986–87 874 1987–88 11,006 1988–89 21,145 1989–90 21,189 1990–91 21,156 1 Estimated outturn. 2 Plans.
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will estimate the cost of publicity of the YTS programme.
§ Mr. Cope[holding answer 13 December 1988]: The planned YTS marketing budget for 1988–89 is £5.9 million.
§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many unfilled places by region, there were on YTS at the most recently available date and at the same date one year previously.
§ Mr. Cope[holding answer 12 December 1988]: The number of unfilled YTS places as at 31 October 1987 and 1988 is given in the table.
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Region 31 October 1987 31 October 1988 South East 20,109 15,698 London 16,030 10,064 South West 14,763 11,456 West Midlands 26,899 20,663 East Midlands and Eastern 18,300 13,973 Yorkshire and Humberside 15,050 9,245 North West 26,837 14,268 Northern 11,761 6,904 Wales 8,365 3,352 Scotland 19,571 12,835 Great Britain 177,685 118,458
§ Mr. LeightonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people have experienced benefit penalties for leaving YTS early since it was designated an approved training scheme.
§ Mr. Peter LloydI have been asked to reply.
The youth training scheme (YTS) was designated an approved training scheme on 10 March 1983. Between December 1983 and April 1988, the period for which information is available, a total of 24,204 people had their supplementary benefit reduced for leaving courses early.