§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the total number of(a) YTS trainees with employment contracts in December 1989 and for each of the standard regions, Scotland, Wales and Great Britain.
§ Mr. NichollsThe information requested is in the table.
Numbers of trainees with employed status, in training at 31 December 1989 Number Great Britain 114,421 South East 16,725 London 8,450 South West 10,258 West Midlands 12,483 East Midlands and Eastern 15,772 Yorkshire and Humberside 12,817 North West 17,617 Northern 4,666 Wales 6,338 Scotland 9,295
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment which are the 10 largest managing agents involved in YTS; what is the total number of trainees contracted to them; and what was the total Government expenditure on them in December 1989 for Great Britain.
§ Mr. NichollsThe table shows the 10 largest single contract managing agents in Great Britain, together with the number of agreed places.
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Managing Agents Agreed Places Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) 34,000 Non-Electrical Programme
Managing Agents Agreed Places CITB Electrical Programme 9,500 Clothing and Allied Products Industry Training Board 7,228 Sight and Sound 4,515 Motor Agents Association 4,000 Association of British Travel Agents 2,650 British Rail 1,900 British Association of Professional Hairdressing Employers 1,830 Hairdressing Training Association 1,760 County of Avon Youth Training Scheme 1,750 Total number of places 69,133 The total amount paid to these managing agents during December 1989 was £11,516,489.93.