YTS (Hansard, 2 February 1988)

§ 31. Mr. Hunter
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the working of YTS.

§ 73. Mr. Baldry
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a further statement on the progress of the YTS.

§ Mr. Cope
On 31 December 1987 there were some 417,000 young people receiving high-quality training on YTS schemes. Of those young people leaving the schemes between April 1986 and July 1987, around 74 per cent. went into employment, further education or training. In addition, around 1,900 organisations have achieved full approved training organisation status demonstrating their commitment to provide high-quality programmes.
The YTS is now firmly established as a standard method of recruitment and training for many employers, and the Government hope that more and more companies will recognise the substantial benefits YTS can offer.

§ 32. Miss Lestor
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are on YTS schemes; and how many of them are entitled to travel expenses.

§ Mr. Cope
At the end of December 1987 there were some 417,500 young people in training on YTS, of whom nine out of 10 are non-employed. All non-employed YTS trainees are entitled to be reimbursed the amount by which their essential weekly training-related travel costs exceed £3. If required to live away from home for the purpose of YTS training, such trainees are also entitled to assistance with the costs of travel between home and training location.

§ 87. Mr. David Evans
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people are currently undertaking training on the YTS; and if he will make a statement.

§ 95. Mr. Day
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people are currently on the YTS; and if he will make a statement.

§ Mr. Cope
At the end of December 1987 there were some 417,500 young people in training on YTS.
This represents an impressive achievement in convincing young people of the value of training. It also represents significant progress towards our objective that all young people under 18 years of age should have the opportunity either to continue in full-time education or of entering a period of work experience combined with work-related training and education.

§ Mr. Rowlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what his estimate is of the number of YTS550W places in Wales in 1988–89, 1989–90 and 1990–91 that will arise from the proposed Manpower Services Commission corporate plan for Wales.

§ Mr. Wyn Roberts
I have been asked to reply.
The Manpower Services Commission's corporate plan for Wales, which gives estimated expenditure up to 1989–90, shows £68.7 million for YTS in 1988–89 and £;68.9 million for 1989–90. The current estimate is that 29,354 places will be available for 1988–89. The number of places for 1989–90 will be estimated around the end of this year.