HC Deb 23 June 1992 vol 210 cc162-3W
Ms. Jowell

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are on the waiting lists for youth training places in south London.

Mr. McLoughlin

The information requested is not available.

Ms. Jowell

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have taken part in youth training schemes in each year since 1988 in south London.

Mr. McLoughlin

The information is not available in the precise form requested. Available information on entrants to youth training in south London is given in the table.

Number of young people taking part in youth training schemes in south London
First time entrants during the financial year
Inner London south and south London area offices3 South Thames TEC and SOLOTEC3
1987–88 6,895 *
1988–89 6,252 *
1989–90 5,718 *
1990–911 n/a n/a
1991–922 * 4,119

Notes:

1 Reliable data not available at this level.

2 Estimated—subject to revision and includes reentrants.

3 The geographical areas covered by the previous Area Offices and the current TECS arc not coterminous.

Sources: 1987–88 to 1989–90: SPECTRUM Management Information System.

1991–92: OSMOSIS Management Information System.

Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what response she has made to the findings of the Social Security Advisory Committee on the extent of the delivery of the youth training guarantee.

Mr. McLoughlin

We take the matters raised in the recent Social Security Advisory Committee report very seriously. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment has written to the chairman of the committee underlining the Government's commitment to making the youth training guarantee work. Along with the training and enterprise councils, we shall be monitoring the operation of the system very closely over the coming months.

Mr. Leighton

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the average amount left over from the youth training unit price after the allowance has been deducted.

Mr. McLoughlin

The information requested is not available.

Mr. Leighton

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many youth training places there are in the London borough of Newham; and what were the comparable figures last year.

Mr. McLoughlin

The information regarding the number of youth training places available in the London borough of Newham is not collected.

Since 1 April 1991, training in Newham has been the responsibility of London East training and enterprise council, LETEC. At 29 March 1992, there were an estimated 4,800 people in training on youth training in the LETEC area.

Mr. Leighton

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the unit price of youth training places in(a) London East training and enterprise council and (b) West London training and enterprise council.

Mr. McLoughlin

Information regarding unit prices is commercial in confidence and a matter for the relevant training and enterprise councils to answer.

Mr. Nigel Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many 16 and 17-year-olds who are not in employment or education are not currently on youth training programmes in Cheltenham.

Mr. McLoughlin

I understand from the local careers service which covers the Cheltenham area that there are currently 132 young people in the area who are registered with the service as not in employment or education who are not in YT.

Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many youth training scheme places have been lost due to bankruptcies in businesses employing(a) fewer than 50 people and (b) more than 50 people in each of the last five years; and how many of these youth training schemes have been replaced.

Mr. McLoughlin

This information is not available.