HC Deb 09 May 1988 vol 133 cc47-8W
Mr. Paice

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, of those YTS managing agents who received provisional ATO status at the end of their first monitoring period,(a) how many were awarded full status after a further monitoring period, (b) how many withdrew application, (c) how many were rejected after a further monitoring period and (d) what other outcomes there were.

Mr. Cope

Of the 1,715 managing agents who had been awarded provisional ATO status after the first monitoring period (which ended on 31 July 1987), 1,353 had been awarded full status, 90 had withdrawn, and seven had been rejected, by 31 March 1988. Two hundred and sixty-five decisions are awaited, most of which will be taken by mid-May.

Mr. Paice

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, of those YTS managing agents who applied for ATO status, how many, at the end of the first monitoring period,(a) received full status, (b) received provisional status, and (c) were rejected; and of those that were rejected at area manpower board level, how many were awarded provisional status on appeal to the youth training board.

Mr. Cope

Of the 3,184 YTS managing agents who applied for ATO status by 30 September 1986, 1,393 were awarded full status, 1,712 provisional status, and 14 were rejected, by 31 July 1987. In addition, 64 withdrew, and one decision is still outstanding.

There is no right of appeal to the youth training board against rejection, but 12 rejected organisations requested the chairman of the MSC to review their cases. After taking advice from a panel of area manpower board chairmen, the chairman decided to award provisional status in three cases.

Mr. Paice

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many YTS managing agents were under contract to the Manpower Services Commission on 1 April 1986; and, of these, how many applied for approved training organisation status.

Mr. Cope

Contracts between the Manpower Services Commission and managing agents are agreed locally. There is no central record of the number of such contracts at 1 April 1986. However, all managing agents with contracts to provide YTS from 1 April 1986 were required to become approved training organisations by 30 September 1986. The number of such applications was 3,184.