§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the total number of places on the YTS and community programme in Scotland at the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by local authority, nationalised industry, public sector, industry and commerce, voluntary sector and health boards.
§ Mr. LangThe information is not available in the precise form requested. Figures for authorised places in Scotland at 30 June 1988 for YTS are given in table 1 and for community programme in table 2.
Table 1 YTS: Authorised Places at 30 June 1988 Number Local authorities and health boards 18,331 Other public sector (including nationalised industries and skillcentres) 1,399 Industry and commerce and other private sector 39,840 Voluntary sector 2,175 61,745
Table 2 Community Programme: Authorised Places at 30 June 1988 Number Local authorities 20,650 Nationalised industries 130 Private sector 219 Voluntary sector 15,160 Health boards 204 36,363