§ Mr. GeorgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number and percentage of people leaving youth training in 1991 in(a) Walsall and (b) west midlands, who were without full-time employment after (i) six months, (ii) nine months and (iii) 12 months.
§ Mr. McLoughlinOf those young people leaving youth training providers during 1991 53 per cent. in the Walsall training and enterprise council area and 51 per cent. in west midlands were not in full-time employment six months after leaving. Twenty-three per cent. described themselves as unemployed; the rest as in part-time work, on another training programme, or on a full-time course at a college or training centre or doing something else. No information is collected about trainee activity after nine and 12 months.